Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio is facing up to five years in jail for allegedly distributing an explicit video of a 16-year-old girl. Asencio, 21, has been under investigation, along with three of his former team-mates - Ferran Ruiz, Juan Rodriguez and Andres Garcia - from Madrid's youth team, for the alleged incident that took place on June 15, 2023 in Gran Canaria, and was reported to the Spanish police by the girl's mother a little under two months later.
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The mother claimed one of the four men recorded an explicit video of her daughter before sharing it. The complainant has stated that the sexual activity was consensual, but the recording of it was not. Asencio, who was named in Madrid's starting XI for their Champions League clash with Manchester City on Tuesday night, appealed to the Provincial Court of Las Palmas to be dropped as a suspect in the case on the grounds that the evidence was speculative, but the charges against him have been upheld.
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The court determined that there are 'reasonable indications' of criminal activity, with Asencio facing allegations of committing the crime of discovery and disclosure of secrets, plus distributing child pornography. The court ruling also stated that one of the suspects claimed Asencio showed him the video, with mobile records indicating that it was received via WhatsApp. Raul Asencio (pictured) has been accused of sharing an explicit video of a minor.
He could face up to five years in prison if found guilty of recording and sharing the video. Asencio has broken into the Real Madrid first team this season under Carlo Ancelotti. The phone records of the suspects also revealed conversations where the complainant was spoken about in a derogatory way. Article 197 of Spain's Criminal Code states that any individual found guilty of recording and sharing an explicit video of a minor will face between three-and-a-half and five years in prison.
This would drop to a two-and-a-half to four-year prison sentence if Asencio is found guilty of non-consensual recording. The sentence would be lowered if Asencio is found guilty of only sharing the video but not recording it. With the alleged victim being a minor, Asencio would be looking at a sentence of between two to three years in jail and a fine. The alleged incident occurred before Asencio had made his senior debut for Madrid.
