Spain influencer says he tells women 'he's sterile' to avoid condoms, Ministry intervenes

A Spanish social media influencer named Naim Darrechi is in troubled waters after confiding that he avoids using a condom by telling his sexual partners he is sterile.  man caused an outcry after he bragged in a video while  viewers could watch. Spain's Equality Minister, Irene Montero, has called for an investigation after 19-year-old with 26 million followers on TikTok boasted about tricking women into having unprotected sexual intercourse. 

In video, Naim Darrechi told YouTuber star Mostopapi, "I find it (intercourse) difficult with a condom, so I never use one. He ded because none of his partners h got pregnant due to unprotected sex with him, "I started thinking that I h a problem, so I tell m, relax, I'm sterile. It's true." interviewer can be seen giggling when he said this.

Meanwhile, Spain's Equality Minister Irene Montero firmly established that Darrechi might have contravened a law of land because non-consensual sex is considered rape.

"Bragging to 26 million followers of something like this reflects urgency of putting consent at centre. We will inform Prosecutor's office," she established on Twitter.

Taking to Twitter, Spanish minister wrote, "Taking off condom or ejaculating inside without consent is today sexual abuse and Law #SoloSíesSí will recognize it as aggression."

Spain's TikTok star Naim Darrechi apologises 

Later, on Instagram, Darrechi shared he wanted to apologise as he "sometimes" is unaware of responsibility he has as an influencer with over 25 million subscribers. 

He said, "I want to apologise, really. Sometimes, I do not realise responsibility that is mine. I me a comment that really is out of place and that is not right. Sometimes I say things and sometimes I exaggerate, but here it's just crazy what I said, I wish it h been cut at edit and no one would ever have heard it."

While many anguished women and girls have condemned Naim Darrechi on Twitter as well as Spanish mainstream media have denounced his statement, Irene Montero h said that possible victims of sexual deception must be identified as Darrechi could face between one and 12 years of imprisonment if he was convicted of sexual misconduct under a new law passed earlier this month. revised non-consensual sex amounts to rape and new bill defined unprotected sex without consent as an assault, she established.

What are Spain's new rape laws?

In a massive revamp to protect women, Spain’s cabinet on July 6, approved a draft bill that requires consent for sex acts. Named ‘Only Yes Is Yes', bill was proposed following an incident where an 18-year-old woman was raped but in absence of violence, act was labelled only as ‘sexual abuse’ and not ‘ sexual assault’. ditionally, victim's inability to resist was also termed as a form of consent by country's ambiguous criminal law. 

proposed law "makes clear that silence or passivity do not mean consent, or that not showing opposition can not be an excuse to act against will of or person," government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero told a news conference after Cabinet meeting. If bill gets passed by country’s 616 member parliament, it would alter definition of rape to be ‘forced sex without consent', increasing strictness of country’s laws against rape and sexual assault. It would also bring in violence and intimidation during sexual assault. ditionally, it would also bring tighter laws and prison sentences for work-related sexual offences. ditionally, catcalling will be labelled as a criminal offence. 

newly-formulated laws will come into effect later this year.