The judge who is investigating two Barcelona fans for racist abuse Real Madrid football player Vinicius the Younger during the classic October 2023 The player was called to the “Montjuic” stadium on January 23 to declare himself injured.
As reported EFE: legal sources, Vinicius will testify by video conference in front of the head of the investigative court No. 18 in BarcelonaCarmen García, once made by two Barça fans, identified by the Mossos d’Esquadra as the authors of racist chants, is being 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. Chants and racist insults directed at the football player during the Barcelona-Real Madrid game which was played at the Montjuic Stadium in October 2023.
The investigation is ongoing
the recordings of Stadium cameras and a witness statement identified three Barca fans as the chanters.one of them is a minor who should be investigated in the appropriate jurisdiction.
The judge filed a case and summoned the two fans to testify as defendantswho denied having uttered the racist chants attributed to them in the Mossos d’Esquadra report, based on an analysis of footage from the stands during the match.
Person in charge Barcelona, La Liga and Real Madrid Hate Crimes Prosecutionwhose accusations are added to those made by Vinicius.
It is not the first open case
This It’s not the only criminal case that has been brought against Madrid players for insults on the pitchwhich has made the fight against racism in football his business.
Three fans last June Valencia was sentenced to eight months in prison for the crime against moral integrity On May 21, 2023, at the Mestalla stadium, with heightened hatred for racist insults directed at a football player.
Also Four ultras await trial accused of hanging doll in footballer’s T-shirt On a bridge near Real Madrid’s sports city in January 2023.
It Barcelona Hate Crimes Prosecutor’s Office He pioneered taking racism to court in a complaint he filed in 2020 over abuse by an Athletic Club player. Inyaki Williams on the field, a case still pending.