Spain’s Supreme Court has affirmed a €1,080 fine against a man who was photographed in public naked at a Valencia police station and declined to wear clothes when officers repeatedly asked him to do so.
The man, identified in Spanish media as Alejandro Colomar, had entered the station on August 20, 2020, to file a complaint, despite having clothes in his backpack.
Although public nud*ty has been legal in Spain since 1988, people can be fined for public disturbance if their nud!ty causes discomfort or disrupts public order. In this case, the provincial court had fined Colomar for “disobedience” after police officers asked him to get dressed, stating that his nud!ty was disrupting the normal functioning of the station.
Colomar contended that his right to nud*ty should be respected, but was arrested by the police after his refusal. His appeal to reverse the fine was rejected by the Supreme Court on October 3, 2021, citing that the police’s request was valid for the sake of maintaining public order and harmony.
Having previously been fined for public nudity, Colomar made headlines again in September 2022 when he sought to enter a court in Valencia dressed only in boots for a trial concerning his past public nud*ty incidents.
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