[Al-Khwarizmi]

Irrelevant at the Spanish level? You sound like you consume too much Spanish media if you say that. Of course they don't give this much relevance, as with everything concerning the elites. In any country with decent media, this man and his scandals would make plenty of front pages.

[nudpiedo]

It does very often, it used to be a common political weapon, but a blackmailer can only take that long in the news, and as pointed out it was just basic blackmailing. Politically it is interesting to keep the attention on such things for people interested on sell bad image, the same as any other country.