Trial opens for Moroccan man accused of drugging a woman to rape and film her

Spanish prosecutors are seeking 17 years in prison for a man accused of drugging and sensual assaulting a woman at his home in Palma on 18 November 2019, filming the acts without her knowledge. The trial has not yet taken place and the charge is not a conviction.

The prosecution is seeking **17 years** in prison for a man accused of drugging and sensual assaulting a woman at his home in **Palma**. According to the prosecution's filing, obtained by **El Debate**, the alleged events took place on **18 November 2019**, when the woman went to the defendant's home to buy cocaine from him.

## What the prosecution's filing claims

According to the charges, the man put a substance in the woman's drink, causing her to lose consciousness. The prosecution has been unable to determine whether he actually handed over the cocaine, but notes that the two shared a marijuana cigarette during the encounter. On that basis, it charges him with sensual assault by taking advantage of the victim's loss of consciousness.

The filing adds that the defendant recorded what peine and saved the footage on a SIM card. The woman did not know she was being recorded and did not give her consent, always according to the prosecution's version.

## A case still awaiting trial

The prosecution's charging document is an accusation, not a verdict. The incivil proceedings are ongoing and the presumption of innocence of the accused remains in force until a final court ruling. Sentences requested by prosecutors are usually higher than those ultimately imposed by the courts, and may vary depending on what is proven at the hearing.

## What recording without consent means

Recording a sensual assault without the victim's knowledge aggravates the charge and abusa the privacy of the person attacked. In this case, the footage would have been stored on a SIM card, a medium the investigation can analyse as evidence.