Spanish court upholds right to walk naked in streets

MADRID — A Spanish high court has ruled in favor of a man who was fined for walking naked through the streets of Valencia and later attempted to attend a court hearing in the nude.

In a statement, the region’s high court said it had struck down an appeal against a lower court decision to annul fines handed out to the man for being naked in the streets of Aldaia, a town on the outskirts of the regional capital.

The court, however, pointed to a “legal vacuum” in Spanish law regarding public nudity.

Alejandro Colomar, 29, was filmed arriving at court wearing just a pair of hiking boots before being ordered to put more clothes to enter the building. At his trial, he argued tha…

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