Spanish footballer Raúl Asencio has released a public statement today following a key clarification by the head of Investigating Court No. 3 of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The update from the court has amended the original indictment order, explicitly removing Asencio from any direct involvement in the recording or sharing of sexually explicit content related to an ongoing legal investigation.
Asencio’s full statement:
Following the clarification issued today by the head of the Investigating Court No. 3 of San Bartolomé de Tirajana—in which the initial indictment order was amended, expressly excluding me from both the recording of videos with sexual content and the events that were the subject of said recording—and in view of the public dissemination of information related to said procedure, I wish to state the following:
1. I have not participated in any behavior that violates the sexual freedom of any woman, much less that of minors. This is confirmed by the ruling issued by the aforementioned Court, which does not accuse me of having had sexual relations with the two women involved, nor of having recorded them, with or without their consent. Likewise, the court order clarifies that I was not the one who sent any intimate images or videos to third parties, which, I reiterate, were recorded in a location other than where I was.
2. The court order, as far as I am concerned, limits its content to the eventual momentary viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing to me any participation in their recording or dissemination.
3. The charges brought against me, as expressly stated in the court ruling itself, are strictly provisional. Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to prevail. Should charges ultimately be filed and a trial commence, I will continue to defend myself before the Courts and Tribunals, in which I have full confidence, reaffirming my innocence of any criminal conduct. All of this is without prejudice to the utmost respect for the conduct of the judicial proceedings as a whole, including those of the other persons under investigation.
4. I want to reiterate, once again, my absolute respect for the rights to sexual freedom and privacy of all women.
