A third teenager, who was investigated at Mestalla for allegedly racially insulting Real Madrid CF player Vinicius Júnior, admitted that he made a special gesture in response to the player’s provocation, although he denied any insults or racist attitudes. learned.
This investigator went today to Valencia Investigation Court No. 10, which is tasked with investigating racial insults received by the player. 21 May The Santander League Match between Real Madrid and Valencia CF will be played at the Mestalla Stadium.
This young man was supposed to testify a little over a month ago, along with the other two people being investigated, but his testimony needed to be heard. postponed for personal reasons. This Tuesday, he simply explained and answered questions formulated by the judge and his lawyer.
His statement was based on his admission that, at a certain moment in the match, he gestured at the Real Madrid player’s provocation, but denied that he had insulted and acted in that way. hateful or racist motives.
In this context, one of his lawyers, Manuel Izquierdo, stated in his statements to the media that his client claimed that he had not made a single insult and that he was content with reacting to Vinicius’ constant provocation. “he was famous”, pointed out.
“It was a spontaneous reaction in a game with maximum competition. He made a two-second move, nothing more.. An 18 year old boy. I don’t think this is a racist crime. It’s a reaction. It’s not everything that’s investigated here, it’s what happened at the 72nd minute. The theme stays there. “I understand it has nothing to do with racism,” he said.
When asked about the postponement of Vinicius’ testimony while he was traveling, he said: “I think Vinicius doesn’t care much for this story and this story got out of control. “I understand that Vinicius gave him the importance that this issue has, which is not important at all,” he said.
Another lawyer, Ramón Igual, told reporters that we should not forget that his client is a young man who has just turned 18 and said, “they carry disproportionate media social pressure on their backs. “It was a spontaneous reaction, as rude and vulgar and reprehensible as you want it to be, but to burden these children with a general case against racism is a disproportionate response to what actually happened.”
Two other youths questioned in this procedure declared in court a month ago: They had no hatred or racism towards Vinicius or any other player.
Explaining that they did not insult anyone before the judge, the youth said that their gestures were not racist and they were not caused by hatred towards Vinicius or any other black actor. So they explained in court that their actions were framed in a certain context, a football match played by Vinicius. He was provoking the stadium and the fans.
Valencia’s court number 10 He opened the procedure after receiving a report of a possible hate crime by the Valencia Community Superior Police Station Information Brigade.
To these preliminary proceedings was added a complaint by the Court concerning the same events. National Professional Football League, entity already recognized as a person in the case as a private prosecution.