Vox has filed a complaint over alleged threats against Beatriz Biedma. The case links a former Socialist member and two other people to efforts to pressure the judge handling the investigation into Pedro Sánchez's brother.
Vox has taken its allegations of pressure against judge Beatriz Biedma to the Audiencia Nacional. The party accuses Leire Díez, former judge Luis Sáenz de Tejada and lawyer Jacobo Teijelo of targeting the magistrate who investigated David Sánchez. The complaint says the aim was to remove her from the case or make the proceedings ineffective.
The most serious claim involves a meeting with an intermediary linked to a well-known drug trafficker. According to the complaint obtained by RTVE, those involved allegedly shared details from physical surveillance of Biedma and asked for someone to give her a scare. The intermediary is said to have refused.
Vox has also asked the Audiencia Nacional to summon Beatriz Biedma as a witness in the proceedings concerning the alleged coercion. That request is separate from her own application to participate as an injured party and private prosecutor.
Vox is acting as a popular prosecutor and lists five alleged offences: attempted assault on an authority and attempted coercion, discovery and disclosure of secrets, influence peddling and membership of a criminal organisation. These are claims in the filing. No court has established them. El Constitucional and Demócrata describe the case as an ongoing proceeding before the Audiencia Nacional, not an isolated political accusation.
Sáenz de Tejada has acknowledged taking part in the meeting, according to the complaint. He has also admitted knowing Biedma's home address and the location of the school attended by her daughters. He denies having the videos of the judge and her family mentioned in the proceedings.
Vox has also pointed to an entry in Leire Díez's diary dated 25 March 2025. The note refers to the Badajoz judge and includes the words "La Celsa. Heroína o gitano". Biedma said the discovery was especially relevant because it appeared days after an attempt to remove her from the David Sánchez investigation had been rejected.
Biedma has asked to be formally recognised as an injured party, arguing that the alleged actions involved gathering information about her, discrediting her and trying to remove her from the judicial process. Judge Santiago Pedraz must decide on the application before the prosecution gives its position.
The judge is waiting for Santiago Pedraz to decide whether she can join the proceedings as a private prosecutor. That would give Biedma a direct role in a case focused on alleged pressure against her and her family. The application follows reports cited by Infobae, El Español and Heraldo. Those reports say the alleged operation may have involved contacts with people from Badajoz's criminal milieu to intimidate her. They describe claims in procedural documents, not facts established by a judgment.
The dispute has already moved into politics. Vox spokesperson Pepa Millán accused the Government of operating through what she called the PSOE's "sewers". She said the case showed the danger faced by judges investigating alleged corruption. PP spokesperson Ester Muñoz called the reports an "absolute earthquake". She linked them to wider accusations involving Santos Cerdán and alleged attempts to use a Badajoz clan to intimidate the magistrate.
Muñoz also criticised what she described as Government pressure on judges in other proceedings. She referred to the case involving Begoña Gómez and to PSOE emails seeking signatures against a Supreme Court decision. That decision temporarily suspended the voting rights of people naturalised under the so-called "law of grandchildren". Muñoz presented the Abogacía del Estado's plan to appeal as the normal legal route, not an attempt to influence the court.
The Professional Association of the Judiciary, the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association and the Independent Judicial Forum issued a joint statement backing Biedma. They referred to reports of outside pressure and harassment aimed at her and her family. The associations said attempts to intimidate or discredit judges threaten judicial independence and the work of democratic institutions.
The facts currently available establish a complaint, admissions about a meeting and public support from a judicial association. They do not establish that the alleged intimidation operation succeeded or that the accused committed the offences listed by Vox. The distinction matters. The case concerns an alleged attempt to interfere with a judge, but the claims still have to be examined by the courts.
