One Year On From The Spanish Civil Court Verbal Hearing For Precarious Eviction June 10th 2022.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. In October 2022 the Ex had alleged 7 criminal charges against me. Including criminal defamation which carries a maximum prison sentence of 5 years in Spain. This video is part of the evidence in the Criminal Court Documents under the allegation of 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: which carries a maximum prison sentence of 2 years. The prosecution dropped that charge.

I will not remain silent. I can now see that every time I had an idea, every time I wanted to do things in my business, every time I set out to create an independent income, I was shut down, and made to feel my ideas were useless or worthless. So just because he has an “expensive” Law Firm from Barcelona who has threatened me in the court documents I risk a combined maximum of 15 years of prison in the seven criminal allegations. I’m not going to stop telling my truth. Or posting on social media. Mainly because it is my story to share, and I am not ashamed to tell it. The criminal allegations for “revealing secrets” slander and harassment are his attempt to use his money and power to silence me through the legal system.

I wrote about another woman in my book. This woman lives in the Region of Murcia as I do.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.
Let me try to explain how an unmarried woman in a long-term relationship was left in Spain when her partner was found out having an affair with a woman in the UK. She was abandoned in the property they had shared, her name was not on the deeds of that property.

He had told her he would help her with a financial settlement. Nothing in writing. Nearly two years post-separation she had found a property that she thought would be right for her. So in good faith and using her own savings she placed down a deposit. At that point, she was communicating to her ex-partners solicitor. She was told that the money would be transferred soon. She had already packed a lot of her personal possessions in readiness for the move.

The deadline for the purchase to be completed was drawing nearer only four weeks left before she was required to complete the purchase, that never happened, her ex moved the goalposts and she lost her deposit. This happened in early 2021.

We actually compared our legal advice and it was much the same, stay in the property, try to come to a financial settlement, and “negotiate”.

I was told by the lawyer at the gender violence office don’t leave the property until the money is paid. So here I am still in the property while the ex-partner has sacked his Abogado Fontaine, and appointed a new solicitor based in Barcelona who is a specialist in this type of eviction. Meanwhile, my friend’s ex-partner kept on moving the goalposts every time she was ready to accept a settlement. Another condition was added.. Months passed by and she had instructed her own legal representation with the help of her family. As I said before, instructing a solicitor is an expensive solution. Luckily, her ex came to his senses and in April 2022 around three years post-separation he agreed to a financial settlement and she was finally able to put a deposit on a small property in Spain and come to terms with a whole different way of life.

When women escape from an abusive relationship one in four experience continued abuse after the relationship has ended. So as you can see from this short story, women who are discarded or abandoned by a spouse or partner, who then goes on to deny all responsibility for the situation they have created, can continue to use power and access to money to put women in a place of fear and uncertainty, manipulating and moving the goalposts. As in the cases of those women who are in cohabiting relationships, who became wholly dependent on their partners during that relationship, whose partners can move on to new relationships quickly or have already replaced the significant person with another woman. Then walk away leaving the discarded partner emotionally and financially devastated.

What does the law say in these situations? Not very much, unfortunately. When a cohabiting relationship ends the division of property and pensions is not covered by current laws in the UK or in Spain. However, the situation in New Zealand and Australia is different, a change in the law there means that cohabiting couples have the same or similar rights and obligations as married couples.

I𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝?
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