The La Liga president utters the phrase “repair the damage and send a message”; A sentence of this type was unprecedented in Spain
The Spanish court has sentenced three fans of the Valencia eight months in prison each for having made racist insults against the Brazilian Vini Jr.From real Madrid. The decision was announced on Monday and represents the first conviction case of its kind in the Iberian peninsula country. The news comes from the Spanish newspaper Diary how.
The three fans were found guilty of a crime against moral integrity with the aggravating circumstance of racial discrimination, and the overall sentence was 12 months. However, due to detention during the investigative phase, which was included in this trial, a reduction to eight occurred.
In addition to prison, inmates are banned from entering football stadiums where football matches are held. Spanish Championship or the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for two years. Initially, this punishment was supposed to last three years.
“This sentence is great news for the fight against racism in Spain, as it repairs the damage suffered by Vinicius Jr. and sends a clear message to those who go to a football stadium to insult, that LaLiga will identify them, report them and there will be criminal consequences for them”, said the president of the LaLiga, Javier Tebasaccording to the publication.
Real Madrid also commented on the Spanish court’s decision and underlined in a statement that it will continue to “work to protect the values of the club and eradicate any racist behavior from football and sport”.
Remember the case
The case occurred on May 21, 2023, in the match between Valencia and Real Madrid for the 35th matchday of the Spanish championship, at the stadium Mestalla. Part of the crowd hurled racist insults at Vini Jr. and called him “mono” (monkey, in Spanish). The Brazilian identified the fans who had offended him and the game was stopped in the second half.
Subsequently Vini was involved in a fight with the Valencia athletes and ended up being sent off. On that occasion, Real Madrid was defeated 1-0. After the repercussions of the case, the Valencia Public Prosecutor’s Office charged the people who had insulted the Brazilian with a hate crime, and the Spanish courts brought the three to trial.
It wasn’t the first time, nor the second nor the third. Racism is normal in La Liga. The competition thinks it is normal, the Federation also believes it and the opponents encourage it. I am very sorry. The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi is now that of racists. One nation…
— Vini Jr. (@vinijr) May 21, 2023
At this Monday’s hearing, according to art To the, the accused read a letter of apology to Vini Jr., LaLiga and Real Madrid. “The evaluation is very positive,” said the prosecutor and spokeswoman for the Valencia Public Prosecutor’s Office, Susana Gisbert, according to the newspaper. “It is almost the first case of a football match in which there were racist insults and we have a conviction for an aggravated hate crime and this is very important,” she added.
Source: Terra
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