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María Rita Barberá Nolla (Valencia, 16 July 1948 - Madrid, 23 November 2016) was a spanish politician, major of Valencia during 24 years, between 1991 and 2015; deputy for Valencia in the valencian regional Parliament (Cortes Valencianas) between 1983 and 2015 and senator by autonomous appointment from 2015 until her death. She was a member of People's Alliance (Spain) (AP) and her successor, the Partido Popular (PP) for forty years, between 1976 and 2016, when she was suspended.

The «Rita Leaks» Case
In April 2015, the Compromís Coalition created a website called "Rita Leaks", announced on April 22, with the aim of wearing down politically Rita Barberá, then candidate for mayor of Valencia, taking advantage of the media loudspeaker that involves the opening of a procedure by the Public Prosecutor's Office. . The website was presented at the headquarters of the Coalition by Joan Ribó and Mónica Oltra, who said that "this person has no limit, is out of control and is insatiable" and that "we do not know if there has been spending on the bar furniture or the spa. She live like a king at everyone's expense. She does not know how to distinguish between his money and the money of others". Finally, 466 documents were published in which alleged irregularities were collected from 34 people linked to bodies of the Valencian consistory that had between 2011 and 2014 some expenses, paid with public money, up to 278 000 euros, money spent on travel, meals and various acts of representation, of which 42 781 € were due to 88 invoices that were in the name of Rita Barberá, although among them were several that actually belonged to leaders of the PSPV-PSOE, such as former minister Carmen Alborch. . Compromís also announced that they would submit all documentation to the prosecutor's office to find out if they are grounds for crime. This fact had a great impact on the media,    so the mayor gave a press conference in which he justified the high costs because "did not want "cutrerías" in Valencia. Regarding the Compromís website and the media repercussion, Barberá said that everything was due to a "contract between Compromís and laSexta",  to which the television channel replied that they had not signed anything with Compromís and also challenged, in an ironic tone, that a "SextaLeaks" be made.

After the preliminary investigation carried out in Valencia, on May 18, 2016, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Valencia transferred to the Supreme Court (as it is the competent court) all the investigation into Rita Barberá's expenses as mayor during her last term as mayor of Valencia, which was a further step in the proceedings opened by the Economic Crimes section of Valencia. . However, on July 12, 2016, the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court closed the case as it saw no crime in the protocol expenses denounced by Compromís.