Ex-Mayor Pere Albó Arrested for Indecent Exposure at Hotel Pool

Pere Albó, former socialist mayor of Sant Feliu de Guíxols and ex-diputado of Junts, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly masturbating in public at a hotel pool in Santa Susanna, with about 50 guests present, many of them families with children. The incident occurred around 17:15 at the Hotel Tahití, where Albó entered without being a guest, lay on a lounger, and performed sexual acts Source: ABC.es. A young person also filed a complaint claiming Albó grabbed their arm during the act Source: Infobae.

Local police detained him and he later requested habeas corpus, arguing illegal arrest, but a judge rejected it, confirming the arrest was lawful Source: El Español. He faces charges of exhibitionism. In response, the party Moviment d'Esquerres (MES) expressed "absolute surprise and consternation" and announced the immediate suspension of his membership pending investigation Source: El Mundo. Witnesses also highlighted the hotel's lack of access control and security, as no private security was present Source: La Vanguardia.

Albó was mayor of Sant Feliu de Guíxols from 2007 to 2010 under the PSC, then vice-mayor until 2015. He later joined the independentist MES and became a diputado in the Catalan Parliament from 2021 to 2024, after an alliance with Junts. He left active politics in October 2025 to focus on his family hotel business and legal practice Source: El Mundo.