Three years of the Ábalos case: the revelation the press kept quiet
Three years on, Kety Garat's allegations about Ábalos are now acknowledged even by Spain's PSOE. The press that discredited her has yet to apologize.
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Three years of the 'Ábalos case': Kety Garat's revelation the press kept quiet
It has been three years since Kety Garat exposed José Luis Ábalos's fondness for prostitutes. At the time, the mainstream press discredited her. Now even Gonzalo Miró, a member of Spain's PSOE, accepts the information as true. The shift has been as slow as it is revealing: what the media knew behind closed doors took three years to cross the threshold of what was publishable.
The photos accompanying the complaint circulated through alternative channels. It was Alvise who spread them, while the serious press chose to protect the then minister. Garat's credibility was buried under the weight of a name many called ridiculous –"a diminutive of Enriqueta"– but the substance of the matter was never untrue.
The silence was not unanimous. In January 2026, The Objective published an article about Garat, though without apologizing. And the question remains: will any journalist ask forgiveness for covering up the scandal? The answer, as of today, is no.
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It has been three years since Kety Garat exposed José Luis Ábalos's fondness for prostitutes. At the time, the mainstream press discredited her. Now even Gonzalo Miró, a member of Spain's PSOE, accepts the information as true. The shift has been as slow as it is revealing: what the media knew behind closed doors took three years to cross the threshold of what was publishable.
The photos accompanying the complaint circulated through alternative channels. It was Alvise who spread them, while the serious press chose to protect the then minister. Garat's credibility was buried under the weight of a name many called ridiculous –"a diminutive of Enriqueta"– but the substance of the matter was never untrue.
The silence was not unanimous. In January 2026, The Objective published an article about Garat, though without apologizing. And the question remains: will any journalist ask forgiveness for covering up the scandal? The answer, as of today, is no.
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