The arrests come amid allegations of sexual abuse against Spain's former football federation chief Luis Rubiales, who kissed World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso on the lips
MADRID, Spain – Spanish police arrested on Thursday, September 14, three Real Madrid youth players for allegedly distributing a sexual video featuring a minor, with the arrests heightening the furore about sexism and macho behavior in Spanish soccer.
The case stems from a complaint filed by the mother of a 16-year-old girl in the Canary Islands regarding an alleged recording of sexual relations, police said. They added that while the girl maintained the relations were consensual, the recording took place in June without her consent and that she had recently become aware of it., who kissed Spain’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso on the lips last month, unleashing a wave of indignation similar to the Me Too movement.
Real Madrid issued a statement saying only that a total of four youth team players had been questioned by police “in connection with a complaint about an alleged release of a private video via WhatsApp” messaging system.
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