Asensio issues a statement regarding the allegations against him

Raúl Asencio Breaks His Silence

Real Madrid center-back Raúl Asencio has issued a statement following the judge’s clarification, which removes the charge of recording sexual videos of a minor. “I have not participated in any behavior that violates the sexual freedom of any woman, and even less so of minors,” he asserts.

“Explicitly excluding me both from the recording of sexually explicit videos and from the events that were the subject of said recording — and in light of the public dissemination of information related to this procedure — I wish to state the following,” explains the Spanish defender in a statement consisting of four points, in which he calls for the presumption of innocence to be respected.

“The charge brought against me, as explicitly noted in the judicial ruling itself, is strictly provisional. Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to prevail,” he states in the third point of his statement, published on his social media. Furthermore, the footballer wishes to clarify part of the judge’s order: “Likewise, the judicial order clarifies that I was not the one who sent any intimate image or video to third parties, which, I reiterate, were recorded in a different place from where I was located.”

The events occurred on June 15, 2023, at a beach club in Amadores, in the south of Gran Canaria, when four footballers, then aged 20 and 21, met three girls with whom they spent part of the day. “The judicial order, in what concerns me, limits its content to the possible brief viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing to me any involvement in their recording or distribution,” he explains.

Full Statement by Asencio

Following the clarification issued today by the magistrate of the Investigative Court No. 3 of San Bartolomé de Tirajana — which rectifies the originally issued indictment order, expressly excluding me both from the recording of sexually explicit videos and from the events that were the subject of such recording — and in view of the public dissemination of information related to the procedure, I wish to state the following:

I have not participated in any behavior that violates the sexual freedom of any woman, and even less so of minors. This is confirmed by the ruling issued by the aforementioned court, which does not attribute to me having engaged in sexual relations with the two women involved, nor having recorded them, with or without their consent. Likewise, the judicial order clarifies that I was not the one who sent any intimate image or video to third parties, which, I reiterate, were recorded in a different place from where I was located.

The judicial order, in what concerns me, limits its content to the possible brief viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing to me any involvement in their recording or distribution.

The charge brought against me, as explicitly noted in the judicial ruling itself, is strictly provisional. Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to prevail. Should charges eventually be filed and a trial held, I will continue to defend myself before the courts, in which I have full confidence, reaffirming my complete detachment from any criminal conduct. All of this is without prejudice to the utmost respect I hold for the legal proceedings as a whole, including those aspects concerning the other individuals under investigation.

I want to reiterate, once again, my absolute respect for the rights to sexual freedom and privacy of all women.