Four players have been accused and temporarily detained at Real Madrid’s training ground.
Foto: Sergio Perez / REUTERS
Professionals football players from the second and third teams of the top Spanish club Real Madrid have been arrested for allegedly spreading a video containing sexual scenes involving a 16-year-old. This information was shared by the police. There are a total of four adult football players involved. Their mobile phones have been seized, and a judge later released them on bail, as stated by the police.
Real Madrid veröffentlichte am Abend eine kurze Mitteilung, dass der Verein Kenntnis von den Festnahmen und den Vorwürfen gegen insgesamt vier seiner Spieler habe. Diese hätten ein angeblich ein privates Video über den Instant-Messaging-Dienst WhatsApp weitergegeben.
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The presumed course of events is unclear.
Initially, there was uncertainty about the alleged course of events. One of the individuals who were arrested had filmed while the others had consensual sex with the teenager, as reported by the German Press Agency, referring to the newspaper „El Confidencial“ and „El País“. According to reports, the teenager was unaware of this and did not consent to its dissemination. As a result, the teenager’s mother filed a complaint.
According to the Sport-Informationsdienst, which refers to the online newspaper El Confidencial, allegedly only one of the players had sex with the 16-year-old. Two other players are said to have shared the video via WhatsApp. Whether the fourth player is only being questioned or also accused remains unclear.
In Spanien steht auf die nicht autorisierte Verbreitung von Bildern oder Videos, die die Intimsphäre verletzen, eine Strafe von bis zu einem Jahr Gefängnis. Haftstrafen unter zwei Jahren werden in Spanien von den Gerichten häufig zur Bewährung ausgesetzt, wenn der Angeklagte nicht vorbestraft ist.