Spanish police arrested Thursday three unnamed Actual Madrid youth academy gamers for allegedly distributing a sexual video that includes a minor, a police spokesperson stated.
Officers detained the gamers, who’re between the ages of 21 and 22, at Actual Madrid’s coaching grounds following a grievance filed in Spain’s Canary Islands earlier this month by the mom of a 16-year-old woman who seems within the video, a Guardia Civil police spokesman stated.
“They were detained on suspicion of distributing a video with sexual content involving a minor,” he stated.
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The gamers have been launched after they have been questioned and their cellphones have been searched, the spokesman added.
A fourth Actual Madrid youth participant was being investigated over the incident.
In a press release the membership stated it was conscious {that a} participant from Actual Madrid’s second workforce Castilla and three gamers from Actual Madrid C — the Spanish membership’s third workforce — “have made statements to the Guardia Civil in relation to a complaint about the alleged circulation of a private video via WhatsApp”.
“When the club has detailed knowledge of the facts, it will take the appropriate measures,” the assertion added.
On-line newspaper El Confidencial, which broke the story citing sources from the investigation, stated the primary goal of the probe is a Actual Madrid C participant who allegedly recorded himself having consensual intercourse with a 16-year-old. He then allegedly shared the video to the opposite gamers with out her consent by way of WhatsApp, the report stated.
The arrests comes as Spain is embroiled in a debate over sexism sparked by the scandal involving a kiss on the lips by former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso.
His conduct ultimately month’s Girls’s World Cup ultimate which Spain received 1-0 in opposition to England has prompted widespread criticism and led to his resignation, in addition to a provisional suspension by soccer governing physique FIFA.
Rubiales is due in court on Friday over the alleged unsolicited kiss.
“Spreading sexual images without consent also is sexual violence,” Equality Minister Irene Montero wrote on social community X, previously known as Twitter, after information of the arrests broke.
“We have an obligation to not to look the other way and guarantee all rights to all women. All my support to the victim and her family,” she added.