‘Do you have to touch my butt?’:

Distressing incident involving Spanish TV reporter Isa Balado in Madrid: A 25-year-old man, later arrested, gropes her while on live television, prompting her immediate report to the police. The incident goes viral, sparking global outrage and support. Minister of Equality Irene Montero denounces the act as a form of sexual violence, emphasizing the need for…

Spanish reporter experiences a live sexual assault, and the man ends up arrested. Isa Balado was doing her job on the streets of Madrid when a man approached her and groped her without saying a word.

A 25-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting television reporter Isa Balado while she was live on the Cuatro program ‘En boca de todos,’ near Tirso de Molina square in Madrid, as reported by sources from the Superior Police Headquarters. The police apprehended the man in the area just after the incident and took him to the Unit for Women and Families (UFAM) after the call from Balado herself, who reported that he had slapped her on the buttocks and then touched her hair. Isa Balado: video of the sexual assault sparks worldwide outrage As seen live, the young man of Romanian nationality approached the journalist without any hesitation and touched her rear, then asked her which television channel she worked for. The man stayed by her side as Balado continued with her work.

The video, which quickly went viral on the X social network, sparked outrage among fellow professionals of the journalist and among politicians, such as the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, who emphasized that non-consensual touching constitutes sexual violence and expressed her support for the reporter. ‘What was ‘normal’ until now is no longer so.’ This event was a terrible act committed by a cowardly individual.”