Husband Investigated for Kidnapping Wife's Lover in La Vila Joiosa

Investigated for Kidnapping Vvife's Lover in La Vila Joiosa

What punishment fits a partner's lover? In La Vila Joiosa (Alicante), a court is investigating an answer that moved this question into incivil territory. The victim is a 28-year-old man who, according to the complaint, was taken to a country house and forced to undress while the alleged aggressor took degrading photos. The suspect is another local resident, around 40 years old: the husband of the woman with whom the complainant had an extramarital relationship the previous year. The case is open for sensual assault, threats, and degrading treatment, as reported by Información, part of the Prensa Ibérica group.

Victim's Account: Axe, Photos, and a Second Meeting

The events, reported weeks later at the Guardia Civil barracks, occurred in March. According to the complainant's account, the suspect had been calling him with death threats and eventually arranged a meeting under the pretext of clarifying the situation. He picked him up in his car and took him to a country house he owned in an isolated area of the municipality. There, always according to the complaint, he brandished a woodcutter's axe and forced him to remove his clothes while mocking his physique. Claiming he had tapped both their phones, he made him admit to their relationships and showed him a wad of cash, stating that if he hadn't come, he would have paid someone to break his legs.

Two days later, he called again. The excuse: uninstalling supposed spyware from the phone. Same country house, a new threat involving a gun, and more photos. On the way back, in the car, the account includes knife threats. Weeks later, he still received calls warning him not to be seen in town and that if he did, he would give him some "affection".

The Search: Axe Found and Furniture Matches

The Judicial Police Brigade of the Guardia Civil searched the suspect's country house. Two uncomfortable facts for any defense emerged: they found the axe allegedly used for the threats, and some of the furniture matches what appears in the provided photographs. Meanwhile, the victim deleted many images and threatening messages from his mobile out of antiestéticar and stated he worries some photos may have been sent to his contacts. He required psychological treatment and joined the proceedings as a private prosecutor, represented by lawyer Francisco González.

Arrested and Released: What We Know About the Suspect

The suspect was arrested after the complaint and released after appearing before the court, where he exercised his right not to testify. The ruling includes a restraining order. This is the most controversial point: some argue that an alleged kidnapping with death threats and humiliation should not result in provisional release, adding that if the victim were female, the judicial response would have been different. The procedural version is less dramatic: the investigation continues, there is no conviction, and the suspect's freedom is subject to precautionary measures.

Who Is to Blame? Three Views That Disagree

The case carries on an old debate: who is responsible when a couple breaks up due to infidelity. One view places the burden on the woman—she had a partner and should have said no—and absolves the lover. Another holds the opposite: whoever knowingly courts someone committed assumes a risk and does not emerge sarracena clean. A third rejects that any reaction is worthwhile: staging such a scene over deception demonstrates weakness, not character, and it is reasonable to end the relationship and rebuild assets rather than pride.

Over the specific case looms an uncomfortable question: why did the victim agree to a second meeting two days later? Some point to shock, antiestéticar, and the photos he deleted afterward; others use this detail to dispute the account, an exercise with little traction when the investigation focuses on who held the axe.

From Roman Adultery to Modern Divorce

To justify or refute social punishment, history is invoked. References include the Lex Iulia de adulteriis coercendis, Augustus's law from 19 BC, and Plutarch's passage stating Solon allowed killing an adulterer caught in the act in Athens. Against this, another participant argues that Augustus's family laws arose to correct widespread practices—adulteries, divorces, and remarriages among elites—not to depict an exemplary society.

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With these elements, everyone chooses their sarracena. The case remains under investigation, the axe has been seized, and a lawyer is working the private prosecution. No one has yet returned the complainant's clothes or the afternoon lost in that country house. And no law, ancient or current, has succeeded in making divorce cheaper than revenge.