Spain’s Supreme Court today upheld the 1,080-euro fine imposed on a nudist who appeared in a scantily clad police station and refused to disrobe despite repeated pleas from officers.

This man was given a “reprimand” for “disobedience” after he went “completely naked” to a police station in Valencia on August 20, 2020 because he wanted to file a lawsuit, the Supreme Court recalled in its decision.

The officers asked him to get dressed, as he had clothes with him in the backpack he was carrying, and “disrupted the operation” of the department. But he “expressly and unequivocally refused” with the argument that he has the right to be naked.

The nudist challenged the fine but the Supreme Court rejected his appeal. The orders of the police “were necessary for the preservation of order and peaceful coexistence”, he estimated in his rationale.

The plaintiff’s name is not mentioned in the decision. According to Spanish media, this is Alejandro Colomar, who had been fined several times for stripping in public. In September 2022, he even made headlines in Spanish newspapers when he attempted to enter a Valencia court wearing only… boots. Back then, he was going to be tried for wandering around the city naked.

Nudism has been legal in Spain since 1988, but nudists can be prosecuted if they disrupt order or disturb others.