Víctor Romano, was set out on Thursday from his responsibilities in this agency, after those responsible for this non -profit organization, aimed at promoting Spanish music, discovered by a call from El País that on December 29, 2022 was Sign condemned for a crime of ill -treatment against a woman.
According to the sentence, Romano “initiated an argument with her and with the intention of undermining her physical integrity, she launched her bag, she covered her mouth and shaken her subsequently to provide numerous blows through the body and causing various injuries (excoriation and bruises) by that the injured party has renounced to be recognized by the coroner ”, reads in the ruling of the Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 2 of Tudela, to which this newspaper has had access. Romano was imposed 22 days of work for the benefit of the community, the prohibition of communicating or approaching less than 100 meters from the victim for eight months, as well as the payment of the coasts. The defendant declared himself in accordance, which reduced in a third the penalty requested by the prosecutor, made unnecessary the celebration of the trial and turned the ruling in firm, without the possibility of resources.
After the country contacted the academy to ask about the sentence, a source of the agency’s executive commission said they had discovered what happened by the call of this newspaper. Later, he confirmed that Roman’s dismissal had been launched and, finally, that Roman and the Academy agreed on Thursday the departure of the first, which has just signed its departure. Asked about this newspaper, Romano points out: “We have put to the relationship with the disposition of the two parties,” and adds: “The time I have been as manager does not reach 15 days. My role was a manager, I was not going to have a public or representative profile. ”
Romano indicates that he did not communicate his sentence to the agency, but that he suspects that some members of the Board knew it: “There were people who abstained in the vote, and asked to consist.” On the judgment itself, he maintains “a public punishment that is inflicted, a totally unfair scorn. It will harm me in all aspects of my life, and I do not understand why something that happened two and a half years ago, which is a private person, has to come to light. I am not a public character. ” “We lack the two of us verbally, but there was no physical violence. If there had been, the penalty would never have been 22 days, ”he says about the conviction. And he argues that lawyers recommended “accepting the conformity and penalty of 22 days because that eliminated the uncertainty of the result of the trial, and it was the fastest way to turn page.”
Romano was appointed on January 16, by the Board of Directors. The vote went ahead with three abstentions and in the previous debate some objections on problems arising in its past could be heard, especially in its previous stage as general director of, from which it was fired in 2023 by bad internal praxis, by unanimous decision of the 15 members of the Board of Directors. At no time, however, the Executive Commission of the Academy of Music that proposed its appointment informed the Board of the final sentence for ill -treatment. The source of the commission assures this newspaper that they did not know anything about the sentence, and that if they had known “Romano had not even been a candidate.”
Romano has indicated to this newspaper that he is valuing to take legal actions against some members of Ladies for insults, slander and violation of the right to honor. And he points out that Dama accepted the inadmissibility of his dismissal, for which he was compensated. He also points out about two complaints that were in Lady for workplace harassment: “I never communicated or opened internal process for that. It was I who put a protocol against workplace harassment; While I worked there, nobody was ongoing work harassment. ”
The Academy of Music was born in January 2024 as “a non -profit association created by a nucleus of artists, authors, producers, editors, managers, promoters and others, with the primary purpose of gathering […] To all music professionals, and stimulate and proclaim excellence, solidarity, talent, work and effort, as their own and intrinsic values of the musical community, ”as reads on their own website. and the Board of Directors include the president of the SGAE (), Antonio Onetti; the president of Promusicae, the employer of the records, Antonio Guisasola; as well as musicians as well known as Mikel Izal or Zahara. Among the objectives of progress, the candidacy led by Giménez and was the most voted for the agency, is cited “to collaborate with the implementation in the policy sector for the promotion of equality.”
Between 2015 and 2023 Romano was general director of Lady. During its stage, the entity was gaining weight and relevance, as many known creators from the Spanish audiovisual sector chose it as a new home. In June 2023, its cessation occurred after a long investigation. The technicians and managers of the entity detected a series of “dishonest practices”, as the Lady partners were informed in an assembly. Once the presidency of the entity was informed of possible irregularities for those practices, it launched an investigation that confirmed “in its integrity the suspicions.”
Ladama commissioned numerous expert reports to external experts and their conclusions confirmed the reasons that led to dismissal, as reported to the partners. Among other things, the installation and control by the former director of hidden cameras or its unauthorized access to computer equipment and emails were discovered. When Romano was suspended, two workers accused him ,. After the dismissal of Romano, who closed through a pact with him, Lady offered both support them, if they decided to go to the courts, something they finally rejected. This newspaper confirmed all the facts related to Lady.
The Executive Commission of the Academy of Music, composed among others by Giménez, Onetti and Guisasola, met at least three candidates for management, but presented Romano to the Board already as the winner in fact, according to two knowledgeable sources of the operation. “Bachelor of Business Administration and Management, Romano has more than 20 years of experience in management in various entities of the cultural sector, standing out for its leadership and ability to boost great impact projects,” read the statement announced by the statement that announced the Nominations for the annual awards granted by the Academy and, incidentally, reported the appointment of the new managing director. A month later, it is no longer.
