Spanish Court Upholds Fine for Naked Police Station Visitor

Spain’s Supreme Court upheld a 1,080 euro punishment imposed on a man who arrived at a police station naked 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.

A provincial court imposed the fine for “disobedience” after the man entered a police station in the Mediterranean port of Valencia on August 20, 2020 “completely naked, despite having clothes to wear in a backpack, to lodge a complaint against a person,” according to a Supreme Court press release issued Friday.

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 naked.
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.

He made headlines in Spain in September 2022 for trying to enter a court in Valencia wearing only boots for a trial for walking naked in public.