According to what legal sources have informed EFE, Vinicius will testify by videoconference before the head of the Court of Instruction number 18 of Barcelona, Carmen García, once the two Barça fans who the Mossos d’Esquadra identified as authors of the racist chants have done so. , in their case as investigated.
The judge offered Vinicius to appear as a victim in the case, which was opened as a result of the report prepared by the Mossos d’Esquadra for the racist chants and insults uttered against the footballer in the Barcelona-Real Madrid match that was played at the Barcelona stadium. Montjuïc in October 2023.
The recordings from the stadium cameras and the statement of a witness made it possible to identify three Barça fans as the authors of the chants, one of them a minor who must be investigated in the corresponding jurisdiction.
The magistrate opened proceedings and summoned the two fans to testify as accused, who denied that they uttered the racist chants attributed to them in the Mossos d’Esquadra report, based on the analysis of the images of the stands during the match.
The Hate Crimes Prosecutor’s Office of Barcelona, LaLiga and Real Madrid are involved in the case, accusations to which are added those made by Vinicius.
This is not the only criminal case opened for the insults received on the field by the Madrid player, who has made the fight against racism in football his workhorse.
Last June, three Valencia fans were sentenced to eight months in prison for a crime against moral integrity aggravated by hatred for the racist insults they directed at the footballer on May 21, 2023 on the Mestalla field.
Four ultras are also awaiting trial accused of hanging a doll with the footballer’s shirt on a bridge near the Real Madrid sports city, in January 2023.
The Barcelona Hate Crimes Prosecutor’s Office was a pioneer in taking racism in football to court with the complaint it filed in 2020 for the insults that Athletic Club footballer Iñaki Williams received on the field, a case that is still pending. judgment. EFE
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