The footballer of Real Madrid Vinicius Jr He arrived this morning at the Plaza Castilla courts to testify via videoconference before Instruction 10 of Valenciawhich is investigating the racist insults uttered at the Mestalla stadium on May 21. Vinicius, wearing a white shirt, dark pants and sneakers, entered the courtroom calmly and without any statement to the media present.
It is expected that this statement will end the first proceedings ordered by the court in the framework of this case, in which three young people between 18 and 21 years old, whose access to the Mestalla is banned for life, are listed as investigated.
This statement has been postponed up to two times, since it was originally set for June 27 and was postponed to September 28 because the footballer was on holiday abroad. The second postponement only responded to the organizational reasons of the courts, as it was not requested by either the player or any of the parties.
During the Liga match between Valencia and Real Madrid at the Mestalla on May 21, Vinicius Jr reportedly suffered racist insults from some fans behind the goal and this incident stopped the match for several minutes. minutes. The events were first reported by LaLiga as a possible hate crime.
The same player pointed at one of the fans from the grass, and the other two were identified by the National Police through security camera recordings made by Valencia CF of them. These three fans – aged between 18 and 23 – have already testified before the judge and admitted to making gestures from the stands, but denied any racist motivation for their behaviour.
Source: La Verdad
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