Katy Perryfinally, will not be investigated by a crime against the environment after filming her music video ‘Lifetimes’ without permission on Espalmador beach in Formentera, a protected area that belongs to an islet in the Ses Salines Natural Park.

The proceedings, however, remain open through administrative channels. In addition, the Balearic Government has rejected the justifications given by the record company on Friday, who assured that had received “verbal approval”” to record in the protected space. A fact that they have denied assured that Katy Perry I had no permission, neither verbal nor written, to record their music video in this protected area of ​​Formentera.

This Friday the record company gave a statement to the American magazine ‘Billboard’, where They defended themselves from the open investigation by the Balearic Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment, which sought to determine whether there had been an environmental impact on the dunes and whether an infringement had been committed by filming scenes for the video clip in various protected areas of the Ses Salines Natural Park in Ibiza and Formentera.

“The local video production company assured us that all necessary permits were obtained.“said the spokesperson for Capitol Records, Katy Perry’s record label, in a statement, after the Balearic administration began its investigation. “Since then we have learned that a permit was in process, although We were given verbal authority to move forward,” he added.

The spokesperson said the local crew applied for a permit for this specific location on July 22 from the Directorate General of Coasts and Litorals and “received verbal approval on July 26 to continue filming on July 27.”

“We comply with all associated regulations with filming in this area and we have the utmost respect for this location and the officials charged with protecting it,” he insisted.

The American star has filmed her latest music video, ‘Lifetimes’, on the islands of Ibiza and Formentera (Mediterranean), with scenes in which she appears dancing and jumping in different locations, such as urban areas, a busy nightclub and in natural settings, such as the interior of the s’Espalmador dune system, within a delimited area by sticks and ropes indicating that entry is prohibited, where all his recording equipment would also have been.

The Balearic administration has clarified that this would not be a crime against the environment, but rather an infraction, since the environmental authority can give permission for the filming of photographic reports or videos.

However, he has announced that the producer of this recording “in no case” did he request the necessary authorization to carry out this filming.