Raúl Asencio is officially charged: Real Madrid’s defense lawyer could threaten a prison sentence – he himself asserts his innocence.
Raúl Asencio was officially charged by a court on Gran Canaria. After completing the investigation against the defender of Real Madrid and three other former teammates from the club’s local growth academy, a judge sees enough evidence that justify possible criminal proceedings.
Asencio asserts his innocence. In the room there are serious accusations: “Passing on of secrets without the consent and violation of privacy, distribution and shipping videos to third parties without consent, recording and using minors for pornographic purposes and possession of child pornography,” says the indictment.
Raul Asencio is persecuted
Asenscio and the three other defendants – namely Andrés García, Ferrán Ruiz and Juan Rodríguez – are accused of having filmed two women in mid -June 2023 on Gran Canaria during mutually acceptable sexual intercourse. Without their consent. Because one of the two women was minor at the time of the alleged offense, it is also about the possession of child pornography.
Real defender asserts his innocence
Asencio reacted to the indictment with a detailed statement. In it he denied any misconduct: “I did not participate in a behavior that violates the sexual freedom of a woman, let alone a minor.”
The court decision confirms that he was “neither accused of having sexual relationships with the two affected women, nor have they accepted them with or without their consent. Likewise, the court order makes it clear that I was not the one who sent intimate pictures or videos to third parties who, as I emphasize again, in a different place than that I was at.”
The Real-Senkrechtstarter further explained: “The charges raised against me, as the court decision itself expressly says, is purely preliminary in nature. Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to apply.”
He also writes: “ As far as it concerns me, the court decision is limited to the possible short -term view of images of a third party without being attributed to participation in admission or distribution.”
If “there is a final indictment and an oral hearing, I will continue to defend and reaffirm myself from the courts in which I have full trust, that I have not been guilty of a criminal behavior”.
Asencio even threatens prison sentence
Now it has to be decided whether there is actually a court trial. The indictment could also be dropped, an out -of -court settlement with the plaintive parties is also possible.
If there is a conviction, in Spain can impose prison terms from one year to five years because of the criminal offenses. In Spanish media it is suspected that Asencio, who had made his breakthrough with the royal this season, could expect a milder punishment.