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Carpetazo to a complaint from the institution against Dausà and another against 12 former teachers for events that date back years
The Barcelona Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed the two open investigations for alleged abuse of power and sexual harassment against teachers from the Teatre Institute, as confirmed by EL PERIÓDICO. One of the investigations focuses on the teacher Boris Dausà, who was filed and removed from the classroom as a precautionary measure after the entity found “indications of sexual harassment in his behavior & rdquor ;. For years he invited students to take classes and participate in parties that he organized in a mountain house, something prohibited by the institution’s regulations. As published in his day the newspaper ‘Ara’, he encouraged students to have sex with each other and participated in sexual games with some students.
This is one of the 13 teachers that the students had put in the crosshairs of the entity. The internal process at Dausà it was opened as a result of an instance presented by a student. After removing him from teaching, the Commission for the Prevention and Investigation of Sexual Harassment linked to the anti-harassment protocol prepared a report and a disciplinary file was opened to determine the responsibility of the teacher, which was taken over by the Barcelona Provincial Council, the body on which it depends. the Theater Institute.
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Once the investigation of the file was completed and “since the indications of sexual harassment have been confirmed”, the educational center proceeded to refer these suspicions to the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office. This institution has now agreed to file the matter and not file a complaint, finding no solid evidence against the professor.
The prosecution has also shelved the open investigation following a complaint by the Institut del Teatre against twelve retired teachers, of whom he initially did not give their names, to determine if there is evidence of a crime for “sexual harassment, abusive behavior or abuse of power” against students and former students of the center. The former teachers under suspicion appeared cited in 10 instances that were presented by students and former students between February and December of last year, and most of the reported events allude to situations that occurred more than 25 years ago, so it could be that the crime was prescribed. As they are teaching staff who are no longer part of the institution’s workforce, the Institut del Teatre maintained that it could not investigate the facts, nor apply precautionary or preventive measures, nor open any sanctioning file if applicable. .