Judge Catalloja, who is investigating a criminal case involving Dana’s management, declined to open a separate case on criminal charges of false testimony against Dana. Maribel Villaplanaa journalist who dined with the president at El Ventro Restaurant. … Carlos Mazon, Acting Generalitat, October 29, 2024.
A judge last Monday, after one of the charges came to light, refused to open proceedings against the journalist who testified as a witness in court on November 3. contradiction in his story. It also requested that Mayors Cullera and Utiel be subpoenaed to clarify the discrepancies in the phone calls that took place on the same day.
In his order, the instructor recalled that according to the Supreme Court’s doctrine, the following crimes can occur: false testimony It can only be evaluated after the main proceedings have concluded and the final judgment has been rendered, when there is a “judicially declared truth” to contrast with witness statements. In this sense, the law explicitly cites case law establishing that “false testimony can be established through a trial of the contrast between what was declared by the witness and the judicial truth expressed in the judgment.”
For this reason, the court determined that since that procedural stage has not yet been reached, “it is not appropriate to file a case for false testimony or to make public the testimony for criminal charges of false testimony.” Similarly, it is important to remember that the assessment of the veracity or reliability of a witness, while responsive to the parties under investigation and the court at the time of sentencing, does not in itself imply the initiation of a parallel criminal investigation.
However, the resolution maintains the pending summons to the mayor. Kullera and Utiel Although they will participate as witnesses in the main proceedings, it has been made clear that their appearance is not intended to analyze the criminal liability of third parties.
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In a separate order, the magistrate asked the Government House to submit a report within three days detailing the means by which the alerts sent by the company were received (WhatsApp or instant messaging services). Haron Intelligence SL. On October 28th and 29th, the receiving devices were identified through corporate or personal telephone numbers, as well as senior officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior who received the calls that day.
For this reason, he noted that while the request is “relevant,” it specifically targets “receivers and senior officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior who received the information on October 28 and 29,” and excludes “receivers and officials of the Generalitat Presidency.” This is because it means a direct analysis of the information reception area by the presidential administration, which must be excluded from the investigation. The judge therefore refused to accept factors that “directly affect the investigation of the communications sent to the central government chairman.”
On the other hand, regarding the expired scholarships for elite athletes, “beyond the fact that their purpose is publicized” and “does not play a decisive role in decision-making in the field of Sekopi”, it rejects the evidence requested by the representatives of the ACPV to request from the Generalitat Presidency a copy of the document signed by Carlos Masson while dining with Vilaplana at El Ventro restaurant on the day of Dana, and also does not comply with the regulations. The standards established by the Valencian Regional Court in its order of October 16, 2025 regarding the elements of evidence that can be provided or agreed upon in the instructions.
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