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The reality TV has jumped into politics. This time seriously. All of Spain talks about the alleged sexual abuse committed by José María López about Carlota Prado that was recorded, but not broadcast, in the house of Big Brother in 2017. Even politicians, who yesterday expressed themselves about perhaps the biggest scandal in the television history of country.

Government sources consulted by this newspaper emphasized their commitment "against the sexist violence that is primed against women for the fact of being one," although they did not point directly to Big Brother or Mediaset. Of course, they recalled that last year the Women's Institute asked the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) to open a file "for a very serious offense" to the chain. The reason: «The banalization and normalization of gender violence and habitual denigrating treatment towards women as a strategy to capture audience in the Big Brother program».

That request was due to another scandal of the program: when a GH VIP 6 contestant encouraged another to abuse a partner who was drunk, which caused 133 complaints to the Women's Institute . According to the CNMC, that file was “archived” because the current law requires that these offenses be “very explicit”. In the specific case of Carlota, this agency cannot act since it "only has competencies" if these aggressions "are broadcast on television" , which did not occur with the alleged sexual abuse.

Both the PP and C's also censored what happened, although they avoided loading the inks against the chain. The popular asked for "zero tolerance for any sexual assault," while the Citizens leadership also censored what happened and positively assessed that it is already in the hands of Justice: "The program itself has already recognized that it was wrong in the treatment provided to the victim, something that is not only politically reprehensible but also morally ».

The truth is that the strongest were the extremes of national politics. For United We Can, the scandal is only a reflection of a sociocultural problem . "It is only necessary to see how the victim is advised to remain silent, not to say anything, blaming her, as one of the greatest demonstrations of reality TV," says Sofía Castañón, secretary of Feminisms. Vox, on the other hand, called the scandal "delectable" and criticized "the public exposure to which the alleged victim has been subjected . "

If the public knowledge of the violation already generated a great scandal in 2017, it has entered into total combustion since it transpired that the Big Brother organization showed the event recorded to the alleged victim in the program confessional. This information, published by El Confidencial , revived the case at the media level. Since then, calls to the boycott of the program, the resignation of advertisers and campaigns on social networks have not ceased, such as the one starring the hashtag on Twitter # CarlotaNoEstásSola, which has been a trending topic in Spain.

The day of cars in which everything was unleashed was November 3, 2017. That night, José María López allegedly maintained a non-consensual sexual relationship with Carlota Prado in view of the dozens of cameras that monitor the program. Hours later, Big Brother reported through Twitter the departure of the contestants involved. He was expelled for "intolerable behavior" and she left the contest without further explanation.

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Zeppelin, its producer, brought the alleged crime to the attention of the Civil Guard of Colmentar Viejo. Then Carlota, who had already seen the images, stayed four days in a hotel, according to her testimony, and then returned to the program , of which she has subsequently shown regret.

The young woman filed a complaint against López. Today his case is in the investigation phase , pending the prosecution brief by the Prosecutor's Office.

Meanwhile, Big Brother's eye does not rest. And the truth is that Spain does not seem to bother him. The indignation has not taken its toll on television Spain. On Tuesday night, the broadcast of the reality show in Cuatro was an unquestionable leader with 2,857,000 viewers arriving to duplicate La Voz Kids , Antena 3 program.

But public pressure on GH does not stop. Yesterday there was an unusual event: in a statement, Mediaset accused its Atresmedia competition (Antena 3, LaSexta and OndaCero) of a "denigratory campaign against this program on events that occurred two years ago." At the same time, Zeppelin announced that he will strengthen his teams in Big Brother to "face possible situations of rights violations."

Politicians have entered the Big Brother House. We will see where the Great Eye will now look.

With information from Luis Ángel Sanz, Álvaro Carvajal, Raúl Piña and Juanma Lamet

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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