Spain’s Supreme Court upheld a 1,080 euro punishment imposed on a man who arrived at a police station n*ked and refused to clothe despite repeated pleas.
Public nudity has been lawful in Spain since 1988, however people can be prosecuted under public disturbance laws if their undress provokes or disturbs others, and certain regions have enacted local nudism regulations.
The man was fined by a provincial court for “disobedience” after entering a police station in Valencia on August 20, 2020, “completely n*ked, despite having clothes to wear in a backpack, to lodge a complaint against a person,” according to a statement released on Friday by the Supreme Court press office.
Police told him to dress because he “was disturbing the normal functioning of the office,” but he “clearly and categorically refused,” claiming he had the right to remain n*ked.
He was subsequently arrested.
The individual appealed the fine, but the Supreme Court denied his legal case on October 3.
It stated that the police’s demands to get dressed “were necessary to maintain public order and peaceful coexistence.”
The verdict merely mentioned the man’s initials, but Spanish media identified him as Alejandro Colomar, who had previously been penalized for stripping in public.
In September 2022, he made headlines in Spain when he attempted to approach a Valencia courtroom wearing just boots for a trial for strolling n*ked in public.