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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Real Madrid open contract talks for starlet as Xabi Alonso picks two youngsters for Club World Cup
The appointment of Xabi Alonso has been met with plenty of optimism at Real Madrid, who are ready for fresh impetus after an exhausting season. In particular, the arrival of Alonso appears to have given fresh hope to La Fabrica products that they will be able to break into the first team. Raul Asencio is the first to crack the senior squad since Nacho Fernandez without a move away first, but his breakout season was a consequence of desperation. However Alonso's record of using young players seems to open the door more than under Carlo Ancelotti. Certainly the Basque manager is setting out his stall the right way. Two young talents to go to Club World Cup As revealed by Diario AS, Diego Aguado (18) and Jesus Fortea (18) will travel to the Club World Cup with Real Madrid in June. Aguado featured earlier this season in the Copa del Rey, and can play as either a left-back or a central defender. Meanwhile Fortea, recruited from Atletico Madrid at the age of 15, has been described as one of the brightest talents in Spanish football at right-back. Full-backs David Jimenez, Lorenzo Aguado and Yusi could also travel, but a decision has yet to be made. Image via Real Madrid Real Madrid open contract talks with Fortea Despite how highly he is rated, Fortea was beginning to have doubts about his progression, and Como in Serie A have taken an interest in recruiting him. That was due to the fact that Raul Gonzalez was not using him for the Castilla side, and neither did Ancelotti show faith during their injury crisis. Now with his under-19s manager Alvaro Arbeloa taking over at Castilla, and Alonso the senior job, Fortea has more faith, and The Athletic say Los Blancos have opened contract talks with Fortea again, which were put on hold earlier in the year.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
All you need to know: The latest on Real Madrid's Raul Asencio's sex tape investigation
MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 14: Raul Asencio of Real Madrid inspects the pitch prior to the LaLiga match between Real Madrid CF and RCD Mallorca at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 14, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by) A rising star at Real Madrid now faces criminal case On Wednesday, it was officially confirmed that Raul Asencio , a 22-year-old Real Madrid defender who has become a key figure in Carlo Ancelotti 's squad, could face criminal proceedings over allegations that he shared a sex tape involving a minor. The investigation stems from a June 2023 incident in Gran Canaria, where several youth players from Madrid were on holiday. The case involves allegations of a non-consensual recording of a sexual encounter between players and two girls, one of them under the age of 16, and the alleged sharing of that footage without the girls' consent. Spanish authorities are now moving toward trial after an extensive investigation. Asencio has made a rapid ascent at Real Madrid, having been promoted from the 'B' team (Castilla) amid a defensive injury crisis. He has started 40 matches across all competitions this season, including crucial Champions League clashes against Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, and Arsenal. He also featured in Madrid's 2-1 win against Real Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, the same day the court's findings were made public. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Want Lower Bills Without Changing a Thing? elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Learn More Undo The Athletic, which spoke to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the case (all of whom requested anonymity due to the legal sensitivity), has broken down the allegations, legal proceedings, and the broader fallout, both within Spain and at Real Madrid. The allegations, what happened in Gran Canaria? The events under investigation occurred on June 15, 2023, at the Amadores Beach Club in Puerto Rico, a town on the island of Gran Canaria, where five Real Madrid youth players were vacationing. According to reports reviewed by The Athletic, a consensual sexual encounter took place between three of the players and two girls. One of the girls was 18 years old, the other under 16. The legal case focuses on the alleged recording of the encounter on a mobile phone — reportedly without consent — and the distribution of that footage, again without the girls' consent. The younger girl and her mother filed a formal complaint on September 6, 2023, at a Guardia Civil station in Santa Maria de Guia, near Las Palmas. A second complaint followed from the 18-year-old. Their testimonies, which were leaked to Spanish media, allege that the girls found out about the recording on the same day it occurred and asked the players to delete the footage. In an anonymous interview with Diario AS in September 2023, one of the girls said the players promised to delete the footage but instead, 'transferred it to other mobiles.' According to the girls' statements, they only discovered in August that the footage still existed when a boyfriend of a friend, also in Madrid's C team, told them he had seen the video. Following these revelations, on September 15, several plainclothes officers from the Guardia Civil arrived at Real Madrid's training facilities. There, they arrested Ferran Ruiz, Juan Rodriguez , and Andres Garcia, and questioned Asencio — initially as a witness. However, during the interrogation, Asencio's status changed to that of a formal suspect. Legal developments and the charges According to court documents cited by The Athletic, Ruiz, Rodriguez, and Garcia face charges related to the recording and distribution of sexual content involving a minor and another woman. Asencio is charged only with allegedly sharing the footage — not recording or disseminating it himself. On Wednesday, a Gran Canaria court announced that its investigation phase had concluded, listing potential charges that include: Discovery of secrets without consent and violation of privacy Distribution of videos without victims' consent Recruitment or use of minors for pornographic purposes Possession of sexual material involving minors The Athletic previously reported in February 2025 that a Spanish court had rejected an appeal from Asencio seeking provisional dismissal of the case. During that appeal, it was confirmed in court documents that one of the girls involved was under 16. An early judicial error, reported widely in the Spanish press, had wrongly stated that Asencio faced the same charges as the other three. That was later corrected by the judge to reflect that Asencio is accused only of sharing the footage, not recording or distributing it. Asencio's public statement and club position Until recently, Asencio had largely stayed silent. In March, when called up to the Spain national team for the first time, he gave a brief comment to Television Española: 'Everyone is very aware of what they are doing, so I am very calm.' But on Thursday evening, following growing media coverage, Asencio issued a formal public statement, which was widely shared by Spanish outlets: 'I have not participated in any behavior that violated the sexual freedom of any woman, much less of minors.' 'The court order, as far as I am concerned, limits its content to the possible momentary viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing to me any participation in their recording or dissemination.' 'The accusation made against me, as expressly stated in the court decision itself, is strictly provisional in nature. Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to prevail.' 'In the event that charges are finally brought and an oral trial is opened, I will continue to exercise my defence before the Courts and Tribunals, in which I maintain full confidence, reaffirming that I am not involved in any criminal conduct.' Will Asencio continue to play? Despite the ongoing legal case, Asencio continues to feature for Real Madrid, largely due to an injury crisis in the backline. First-choice defenders Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, and David Alaba have all been sidelined, and Asencio has remained part of the starting lineup. According to The Athletic, the only time he was dropped from a matchday squad was December 21, 2023, when he had to testify the following day. Madrid, which issued a brief statement in September 2023 confirming that four youth players had given statements to authorities, has not commented publicly since. Club sources have repeatedly pointed to Spain's principle of presumption of innocence. Asencio is eligible to play in the revamped FIFA Club World Cup, and sources at the Spanish FA suggest he faces no barriers to being called up again, despite the case. However, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente is expected to stick with his regular defenders, including Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsí, Dani Vivian , and Robin Le Normand . Fan reactions and political silence The scandal has ignited furious responses from fans at stadiums across Spain. During a Clasico match, Barcelona supporters chanted: 'Asencio, to jail.' At a Copa del Rey semi-final in March at Real Sociedad's Reale Arena, fans chanted: 'Asencio die.' That game was temporarily stopped by referee Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez after Vinicius Junior activated La Liga's anti-hate protocol. A stadium announcement warned fans against further abuse. The same protocol was invoked in a match against Deportivo Alaves. Manager Carlo Ancelotti, when asked whether he considered resting Asencio to protect him, replied: 'No, no, no. This (the insults) is what shouldn't be happening.' Despite widespread public scrutiny, no political or institutional body has issued a formal statement about the case, as legal proceedings have not yet reached trial. Key timeline of events June 15, 2023 – Incident occurs at Amadores Beach Club, Gran Canaria September 6, 2023 – First complaint filed by underage girl and mother September 15, 2023 – Three players arrested; Asencio questioned December 21, 2023 – Asencio withdrawn from Madrid squad to testify February 2025 – Appeal to dismiss Asencio's case is rejected May 14, 2025 – Court confirms investigation complete; possible trial May 15, 2025 – Asencio issues public statement With Inputs from: The Athletic Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Sinar Daily
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Sinar Daily
Real Madrid's Asencio indicted in underage sex video case
The judge did not mention Asencio by name, nor specify which player is accused of which misdemeanour. 15 May 2025 09:28am Real Madrid's English midfielder #05 Jude Bellingham (L) Real Madrid's Spanish defender #35 Raul Asencio (C), Real Madrid's Brazilian forward #07 Vinicius Junior (2R) and Real Madrid's Uruguayan midfielder #08 Federico Valverde warm up before the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) MADRID - Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio has been indicted along with three former youth players at the club, for alleged distribution of a sexual video involving a minor, according to Spanish reports on Wednesday. The judge at a Gran Canaria court is prosecuting "four footballers" for their alleged involvement in "the recording or non-consensual dissemination of videos of a sexual nature involving a minor and another young girl", aged 16 and 18 respectively at the time, read a court document seen by AFP. Barcelona's Spanish forward #07 Ferran Torres fights for the ball with Real Madrid's Spanish defender #35 Raul Asencio during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP) The judge did not mention Asencio by name, nor specify which player is accused of which misdemeanour. The players are accused of "disclosure of secrets without consent, and violation of privacy, distributing and sending videos to third parties without consent, capturing and using minors for pornographic purposes and possession of child pornography". In September 2023, three unnamed players were arrested at Real Madrid's training centre following a complaint lodged by the mother of the 16-year-old girl who appears in the video. At the time, Spanish media reported that the main suspect, whose identity is unknown, had recorded a consensual sexual encounter with the young girl before sending the video to the other players without her consent. Asencio, 22, has established himself as a first-team regular in his breakthrough season at Madrid. Fans at various stadiums around Spain have jeered Asencio, with some Barcelona fans chanting "Asencio, to jail" during the Clasico on Sunday. Real Madrid's Copa del Rey semi-final win at Real Sociedad in February was briefly paused by the referee after home fans chanted "Asencio die". - AFP
New York Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Real Madrid's Raul Asencio and the sex-tape allegations against him
On Wednesday it was confirmed that the Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio could face criminal proceedings for allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor. Three former Madrid youth players are also facing potential charges in the case. It centres on the filming, allegedly without consent, of a sexual encounter in the private area of a beach club in the Canary Islands in June 2023, as well as the alleged distribution of the video, again without consent. Advertisement Asencio, 22, has been a regular in Madrid's first team after being promoted from the club's 'B' team during an injury crisis in defence, making 40 appearances for Carlo Ancelotti's side this season. He started in Madrid's 2-1 win against Real Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday evening, just after a Spanish court's decision to move forward with the case was made public. So what are the allegations against Asencio, who else is involved and what has the reaction been like in Spain? The Athletic spoke to sources with knowledge of the situation, who all asked to remain anonymous to speak freely about an ongoing legal case, to explain. This is also why comments are turned off on this article. The events under investigation took place in Puerto Rico, a town on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, on June 15, 2023, where five players from Real Madrid's youth academy were on holiday. There, at the Amadores Beach Club seaside resort, a consensual sexual encounter took place between three of the players and two girls, one of whom was 18 years old, the other under the age of 16. The case focuses on the alleged recording and sharing of a video of this sexual encounter made on the mobile phone of one of the players, allegedly without consent. A complaint was filed by the younger of the girls, accompanied by her mother, at Guardia Civil offices in the town of Santa Maria de Guia, close to Las Palmas in the north of Gran Canaria, on September 6, 2023. Subsequently, the second alleged victim also filed a complaint. According to their testimony that was leaked in Spanish media in 2023, when the girls found out they had been recorded, that same day they asked the players involved to delete the footage. One of the girls also said, speaking anonymously in an interview with Spanish newspaper Diario AS in September 2023, that the players told them they would delete the footage but had instead 'transferred it to other mobiles'. GO DEEPER Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio and his alleged involvement in sex-tape investigation According to their leaked testimony, the girls also said they did not find out until August that the footage still existed and was allegedly being shared. They said they found out the footage had not been deleted when a boyfriend of one of their friends, also a member of the Real Madrid C team, told them he had seen the video. On September 15, 2023, several Guardia Civil police officers turned up at Real Madrid's training facilities, dressed in civilian clothes. There, they asked the director of the youth academy, Manuel Fernandez, to accompany them to the changing rooms. Three players were arrested — Ferran Ruiz, Juan Rodriguez, and Andres Garcia — while Asencio was first questioned as a witness. During the taking of statements, Asencio went from being a witness to being investigated as a suspect. Ruiz, Rodriguez and Garcia are facing charges over allegedly recording and distributing videos of sexual content of a minor and one other woman. Asencio is facing a charge of allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor. Advertisement On Wednesday, a statement by a court in Gran Canaria confirmed an investigation into the allegations had concluded. It said the players' actions could allegedly constitute 'crimes of discovery of secrets without consent and violation of privacy', 'distribution and sending to third parties of the videos without warning the victims or their consent', 'recruitment or use of minors for pornographic purposes and possession of the videos without their consent' and 'possession of the videos without the consent of the victims'. The Athletic reported in February that a Spanish court rejected an appeal on behalf of Asencio for the provisional dismissal of the case. Court documents during that appeal confirmed that one of the women was under the age of 16 when the incident took place. While Asencio stayed at Madrid, Ruiz, Rodriguez and Garcia all left the club last summer. Ruiz moved to Girona of La Liga while Rodriguez and Garcia signed for Tarazona and Alcorcon, teams in Spain's regionalised third tier. Beyond some brief comments made to Television Espanola when he was called up by Spain for the first time in March — 'Everyone is very aware of what they are doing, so I am very calm' — Asencio had not publicly addressed the allegation against him in detail until Thursday evening. In a statement, he also addressed an error made in a court document whose details had been reported in Spanish media. In the document, authored by the judge who has been overseeing the case, it was said Asencio faced the same charges as the three other defendants. The judge later corrected this to state he faced the single charge of allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor. 'I have not participated in any behavior that violated the sexual freedom of any woman, much less of minors,' Asencio's statement read. 'The court order, as far as I am concerned, limits its content to the possible momentary viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing to me any participation in their recording or dissemination.' Advertisement 'The accusation made against me, as expressly stated in the court decision itself, is strictly provisional in nature. Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to prevail. In the event that charges are finally brought and an oral trial is opened, I will continue to exercise my defence before the Courts and Tribunals, in which I maintain full confidence, reaffirming that I am not involved in any criminal conduct.' Wednesday's announcement by the court in Gran Canaria signalled its intention to take the case to trial. Asencio and his fellow defendants now have two chances to appeal: first to the judge who is ruling on the case and secondly to a superior body in case they do not agree with that initial decision. If a trial does take place, it is unclear when it would start, although in Spain similar cases have previously taken several months to reach that stage, with some cases even taking up to a year or more. It is also unclear whether Asencio would be tried by a provincial court or by a criminal court. That depends on whether the private prosecution (a prosecution brought by the complainants) or the public prosecutors' office ask for more than five years in prison for the alleged offences mentioned above. Article 197.3 of Spain's criminal code says the alleged offences in Asencio's case can carry potential punishment of between one and five years in prison, depending on the severity. If they do go to trial, Asencio and the other defendants would have to physically appear in court. Asencio is a centre-back who joined Madrid's academy in 2017 from Las Palmas. He was playing for the club's reserve team of youth players, Real Madrid Castilla, in the Spanish third tier, until November. That was when a spate of injuries affected every senior centre-back in the first-team squad, leading to Asencio unexpectedly breaking into the starting XI. He has remained there as injuries continue to bite — all of Ancelotti's first-choice back four are sidelined and centre-back Eder Militao has been out with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury since November. Asencio has featured in crucial Champions League games against Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Arsenal. Since it has not yet been confirmed whether the case will go to trial and Ascencio is denying the charge against him, Real Madrid are unlikely to take any immediate action. The investigation started in September 2023 — when Asencio was still playing for Castilla — and the player has not been removed from the team at any point since in relation to the case. The only exception was on December 21, 2023, when club sources said the player was withdrawn from a first-team squad for a La Liga match away to Deportivo Alaves because he had to testify in the investigation the following day. Advertisement Centre-backs Militao, Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba are all still out with injuries, although they are aiming to return for the revamped Club World Cup in the United States. And despite Madrid being in the process of finalising a deal for Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen and Ancelotti making way for a new coach, with Xabi Alonso the frontrunner, Asencio is expected to continue to play a key role in the short term. According to article 22 of FIFA's Club World Cup regulations, players may be called up to the tournament if they are 'not be subject to a disciplinary sanction that affects the fulfilment of the call-up requirements to participate in the official matches of the competition', so Asencio would be eligible to be called up by Real Madrid. Asencio is unlikely to face any problems in playing for Spain either, as Spanish FA sources point to there being no final verdict against the player. In any case, he may not be called up for the country's upcoming Nations League matches anyway for sporting reasons — head coach Luis de la Fuente has lots of confidence in his regular centre-backs Aymeric Laporte, Dani Vivian, Huijsen, Pau Cubarsi and Robin Le Normand. When the investigation became public knowledge in September 2023, Madrid issued a statement which said they had 'learned that a player from Castilla and three players from Real Madrid C have given statements to the Guardia Civil in relation to a complaint about the alleged dissemination of a private video via WhatsApp'. They added: 'When the club has detailed knowledge of the facts, it will take the appropriate measures.' Madrid have not publicly commented since. Club sources previously consulted by The Athletic pointed to the presumption of innocence — a key principle of criminal law in Spain enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — when asked about Asencio's situation. Asencio has become increasingly well known since making his Madrid debut, so it was no surprise to see all the Spanish press carrying news of the Gran Canaria court's statement this week. But there has been no official statement from any political or public body, given there are still steps left for the case to go to trial. Advertisement In recent months some fans at Spanish stadiums, including Real Sociedad's Reale Arena and Deportivo Alaves' Mendizorroza ground, have chanted death threats against the defender. In March, manager Carlo Ancelotti said he was not considering dropping Asencio to protect him after he was targeted during the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie at Real Sociedad. 'No, no, no,' Ancelotti said. 'This (the insults) is what shouldn't be happening.' Referee Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez decided to stop that match momentarily after captain Vinicius Junior spoke to him to activate La Liga's anti-hate protocol. A message was read out over the loudspeakers asking fans not to shout insults and Sanchez Martinez included the incident in his report from the game. That protocol was also activated in the game against Alaves.
Malay Mail
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Real Madrid's Raul Asencio denies wrongdoing in underage sex video case
GRAN CANARIA, May 16 — Canaria Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio said yesterday a presumption of innocence 'must continue to prevail' after he was indicted in a case involving the viewing and distribution of a sexual video involving a minor. The 22-year-old centre-back said in a statement that documents from a Gran Canaria court indicated that his possible involvement in the case was limited 'to the possible momentary viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing any involvement to me in the recording or dissemination'. In September 2023, three unnamed players were arrested at Real Madrid's training centre following a complaint lodged by the mother of the 16-year-old girl who appears in the video, filmed in June that year. On Wednesday a judge in Gran Canaria court indicted 'four footballers' in the case, not mentioning Asencio by name, before making some clarifications on yesterday. 'I have not participated in any behaviour that infringes upon the sexual freedom of any woman, much less minors,' said Asencio in a statement. 'This is confirmed by the resolution issued by the... court, which does not accuse me of having engaged in sexual relations with the two women involved, nor of having recorded them, with or without their consent. 'Likewise, the court order clarifies that I was not the one who sent any intimate images or videos to third parties which, I reiterate, were recorded in a place different from where I was.' Asencio said he would defend himself if the case is taken to trial. 'The indictment formulated against me, as expressly indicated by the judicial resolution itself, has a strictly provisional nature,' continued Asencio. 'The presumption of innocence must continue to prevail. 'In the event that charges are eventually made and a trial is opened, I will continue to defend myself before the courts and tribunals, in which I maintain full confidence, reaffirming my detachment from any criminal conduct.' Asencio has established himself as a first-team regular in his breakthrough season at Madrid. Fans at various stadiums around Spain have jeered Asencio, with some Barcelona fans chanting 'Asencio, to jail' during the Clasico on Sunday. Real Madrid's Copa del Rey semi-final win at Real Sociedad in February was briefly paused by the referee after home fans chanted 'Asencio die'. — AFP
