• LOC Arrested in Seville the actress María León for assaulting a Local Police agent

  • First words "I have been the victim of police abuse"

The section of the Professional Union of Municipal Police of Spain (Sppme) in the Seville City Council has defended

the "absolute professionalism and exemplary nature" of the agents

who recently

arrested the actress María León

for an alleged crime of attack on authority, alleging against the accusations of

"police abuse"

of the actress that she was given a "correct and polite treatment" despite her "provocations" and that the one who was treated in a health center was the agent whom the actress had assaulted supposedly.

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A punch in the face shouting "you're a daughter of a bitch": this was María León's attack on a policewoman

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A punch in the face shouting "you're a daughter of a bitch": this was María León's attack on a policewoman

According to the Sppme, "the police action was carried out with absolute professionalism and exemplary character", the agents acting "with scrupulous respect for the law" and within their powers.

"The one who had to go to be treated at a health center for the alleged aggression, which led to the arrest," was the agent allegedly the victim of the actress's attack,

alleges the union, insisting that the treatment given to her "was at all times correct and polite, despite the provocations of this and the crowd gathered".

interim release

To this end, let us remember that after appearing on Saturday morning before the Investigating Court number 18 of Seville, taking advantage of her constitutional right not to testify and being

released provisionally investigated for an alleged crime of attack on authority

, the actress denied "having attacked no one" and claimed to be "the victim of police abuse".

In this regard, the Sppme regrets that "no one from the Seville City Council, nor from the Seville Local Police Headquarters, has come out in defense of the actions" of the agents, "creating a situation of mistrust and disinterest" towards the police officers. Seville Local Police.

The events, according to the Seville Local Police, occurred early Saturday morning

in the vicinity of María Luisa Avenue in the Seville capital

, where according to the uniformed version, several agents attended the notice about a cyclist who was with signs of drunkenness

Without ID

While the breathalyzer test was being carried out,

a group of people, including María León, would have begun to rebuke the agents and record the scene with their mobile phones

, prompting the Police to ask for their identification.

The actress did not carry her ID, so they urged her to go to the police station in a patrol car

.

After that, according to the police version, several people from the group would have surrounded the patrol car, one of them opening one of the doors, before which the actress prepared to get out of the vehicle, an extreme that one of the agents tried to prevent, supposedly being beaten by María León, finally arrested for such extreme.

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