West Ham and Leeds linked defender arrested for sex tape
The tape, which featured an underage teenage girl, was shared on WhatsApp
Three players, including the “prodigy”, were arrested at the Madrid training ground
The promising defender, who was linked with West Ham and Leeds earlier this year, has been named as one of three Real Madrid players arrested for having a sex tape with an underage teenage girl.
Spanish police have not yet named any of those arrested and are unlikely to do so for legal reasons.
However, the newspaper Gran Canaria, which allegedly shared the video on WhatsApp without the girl’s consent, is one of those who named one of the footballers as Raul Asencio.
The Gran Canaria-born 20-year-old, who currently plays for Real Madrid Castilla’s reserve side, received his first Spain under-19 call-up last year when he was named the team’s “new prodigy”.
A report from the Sunday People in April said West Ham had spoken to Asencio’s representatives over a summer deal.
A Gran Canaria newspaper named Raul Asencio as one of three Real Madrid players arrested.
A Gran Canaria newspaper named Raul Asencio as one of three Real Madrid players arrested.
Three Real Madrid players arrested for sex tape of underage girl
Three Real Madrid players arrested for sex tape of underage girl
According to reports, the arrested soccer players were among a group of men and women partying at Amadores Beach Club when the sex tape was allegedly recorded.
According to reports, the arrested soccer players were among a group of men and women partying at Amadores Beach Club when the sex tape was allegedly recorded.
Leeds were also said to be targeting the defender and Real were prepared to consider either a permanent move or a sale with an option to buy back.
At the time, he played for the third team of Real Madrid in the fifth part of La Liga. The identification by some Spanish media coincided with other reports that the soccer players arrested were among four men and three women who were partying together in the VIP area of ​​Amadores Beach Club in the Puerto Rico resort of Gran Canaria.
Moganin in June, when the sex tape was reportedly recorded.
The footballer, known locally as Raul Asencio, reportedly went to the pool with one woman, while the other two stayed in the VIP lounge with three other Real Madrid players to “exercise mutual understanding”.
The island newspaper La Provincia, which, unlike rival paper Canarias 7, did not name Asencion, but offered a description of the incident that led to the arrest, saying: “Later there were two women who were outside in the cold … the outdoor area went to the pool where the born Gran Canaria player was with another girl.
At that point, one of the women said she suspected one of the players was using her cell phone to record sex.
– The participants acknowledged filming, but promised to remove the content.
“Two months after that day in Amadores, two girls, one of whom is a minor, noticed a video filmed in June that was shared between WhatsApp groups. “Then the mother of the minor decided to make a statement.”
The video was shared on WhatsApp and the girl’s mother decided to report it
The video was shared on WhatsApp and the girl’s mother decided to report it
According to the same report, citing “good sources”, “the Gran Canaria player, named Asencio de Canarias 7 and other Spanish media”, simply received the video and “immediately deleted it from his mobile”.
Spanish police confirmed late yesterday that they had arrested one Real Madrid Castilla player and two Real Madrid C players following reports of their arrests.
A fourth man questioned by police, another player from Real Madrid’s second reserve team, has not been officially arrested.
None of them has yet appeared before the investigative judge of the municipality of San Bartolome de Tirajana, who is leading the ongoing investigation.
They are expected to be charged after a judge receives a police report.
The arrests took place on Thursday at Real Madrid’s Valdebebas training ground in the Spanish capital. None of the players were arrested.
Spanish media outlet El Confidencial, which first reported the arrests, said, but has yet to provide evidence to support its claims: “Police sources say several other players may be involved, including Real Madrid first team players.”
However, it is understood that police are investigating whether other people are involved and officers have not ruled out possible arrests.
A spokesman for the Gran Canaria Civil Guard said late Thursday: “A mother, accompanied by her daughter under 16 years of age, reported to police in Santa Maria de GuÃa, Las Palmas province, Gran Canaria, that she believed she had recordings of the consensual sex of his daughter., recorded without her consent, he now knows that they are being distributed.
“The incidents in Mogan’s parish date back to mid-June, but he said he has now become aware of the existence of the images.”
The force added: “For this reason, the Court of San Bartolome de Tirajana 3 ordered the Gendarmerie to provide several people to the court.”
Police arrested the players at Madrid’s Valdedebas training ground and a spokesman confirmed that none of those arrested were members of the first team.
Confirming that none of those arrested were part of the Real Madrid squad, a spokesman said:
“Their mobile phones have been confiscated and they have been released until further notice.
– The arrests took place this morning. One of the arrested is a Real Madrid Castilla player and the other two are Real Madrid C players.
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