The judge refiles the piece that investigated the order of Corinna Larsen to Villarejo

Corinna Larsen, ex-lover of Juan Carlos I, can now breathe easy.

Judge Manuel García-Castellón has once again closed the line of investigation of the

known as Carol Piece, where the alleged commission of the businesswoman to the retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo was followed to spy on one of his assistants.

Through an order issued this Wednesday, the magistrate considers that there are no "relevant elements" to move forward with a cause that was born in 2018 for a different reason - the broadcasting of audios where the collection of commissions and the use of of front men to hide a fortune in Switzerland—;

that it was filed that same year due to the impossibility of acting against the King Emeritus;

and which reopened this July after the discovery of new recordings involving Larsen.

The instructor of the National High Court makes this decision, in addition, after the defense and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requested it, understanding that there are not "sufficient elements to sustain the commission of bribery crimes or the discovery of secrets."

The public ministry stressed that there is no evidence that the former policeman, imprisoned since November 2017 for this macro-cause of corruption, finally executed the order.

Nor that the plot illegally accessed official databases.

There is also no proof of payments.

And Villarejo's lawyer explained, in turn, that his client had already retired when Larsen's alleged request occurred and, therefore, the crime of passive bribery cannot be attributed to him, since this refers to officials who , in the exercise of their position, receive remuneration in exchange for breaching their duties.

García-Castellón's car reviews the different actions carried out in the instruction of this piece, baptized as the

because it is the name that Villarejo used to refer to the businesswoman in his files.

In fact, they include the meeting that took place in London between the commissioner and Larsen, where she tells him about her "concerns" about the possibility that his assistant "could be leaking information regarding his private life."

A contact that, according to the magistrate, should have continued based on the notes in Villarejo's agenda: “From the transcribed entries it could be inferred that contact was maintained between Mr. Villarejo and Mrs. Larsen, although it is true that no has been able to find any entry that confirms that on the 8th (it is unknown what month) they were both seen again, nor have more audios or recordings appeared that confirm that there could be new appointments and for what purpose ”, admits the judge.

Despite the "striking of the annotations" - "Corin: happy with my offer of pending issues.

Wonderful thank you.

You too !! ”, says one—, the magistrate considers that these do not provide“ relevant evidence ”to support this new line of investigation, where Larsen was called to declare as a defendant.

An appointment that never happened after several delays.

"At this point, there is no other option but to file the case, once it has been requested by the Prosecutor's Office since it is not possible to continue with the investigation of a possible crime committed abroad without saving the procedural requirement that it entails. the complaint of the Public Ministry, who has clearly and forcefully revealed its intention to close the investigation by not appreciating the existence of indications of criminality of a crime, "writes the judge. Of course, the case is not final. , as the magistrate warns in his car, where he insists that it is a provisional file and that, if new evidence appears, it could be reopened.