Spanish PM apologises over sexual consent law reform loophole


Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a news conference after his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi, in Rome, Italy, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

(Reuters) -Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez apologised in an interview published on Sunday to victims of sexual abuse over a sexual violence law that included a loophole enabling at least 978 imprisoned offenders to get their sentences reduced or ended early.

The "Only Yes Is Yes" law, which arose partly as a result of public outrage over the so-called Wolf Pack case, centred on consent and was meant to resolve cases where defendants were convicted of the lesser crime of sexual abuse because victims had not resisted out of fear.

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