The Supreme Court of Spain has confirmed a fine of 1,080 euros imposed on a man who showed up without clothes at a police station and repeatedly refused to put on clothes.
Public nudity has been legal in Spain since 1988, but people can be prosecuted under public disorder laws if their condition provokes or bothers others.and some regions have introduced local laws to regulate nudism.
A provincial court imposed the fine for “disobedience” after the man entered a police station in the Mediterranean port of Valencia on August 20, 2020 “completely naked, despite carrying warm clothes in a backpack, to file a complaint against a person”indicated the press office of the Supreme Court in a statement made public this Friday.
The Police ordered him to get dressed because “he was disturbing the normal functioning of the office,” but he “clearly and categorically refused,” arguing that he had the right to go without clothes. He was then arrested.
The man appealed the fine, but Spain’s Supreme Court dismissed his legal appeal, according to a ruling on October 3.
He said that he considers that The orders given by the police to dress “were necessary to maintain public order and peaceful coexistence”.
This is not the first time he has faced justice.
The ruling only gave the man’s initials, but Spanish media identified him as Alejandro Colomar, who has a history of being fined for undressing in public.
In September 2022, he made headlines in Spain for trying to enter a court in Valencia wearing only boots for a trial for walking without clothes in public.
Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/confirman-multa-en-espana-a-hombre-que-entro-sin-ropa-a-una-comisaria-y-se-nego-a-vestirse-cb20
