The judge files the case regarding the Sánchez doll beaten on New Year's Eve in Ferraz. The judge also rules out that it is a hate crime, ensuring that considering it as such would be "detrimental to pluralism, tolerance and the spirit that sustains a democratic society" In their complaint, almost 60 pages long, and to which Europa Press had access, the socialists pointed to a possible crime of inciting hatred based on political ideology.
They argued that the PSOE was persecuted during the Franco dictatorship and during the Civil War.