Real Madrid’s Raul Asencio acquitted in sex-tape sharing case

Real Madrid ‌defender Raul Asencio has been cleared of charges ⁠related to ⁠sharing a sexually explicit video without the consent of the victims, including a minor, a court on the Spanish island of ⁠Gran Canaria said.

Prosecutors dropped the charges against Asencio on Thursday and reduced their sentencing requests for three other former Real Madrid ⁠youth players after the victims told the court they had forgiven the defendants.

The other three players, who were charged with recording and sharing sexual videos of two teenage women, one of ‌them underage, were sentenced to one year in prison. The sentences were suspended on condition that they commit no further offences during that period.

Asencio was accused of sharing the video but was not accused of filming it.

In an unrelated incident, Asencio was fined 14,400 euros ($16,800) and banned from driving for eight months after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, ⁠another court said on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old centre-back was more than three times over the legal limit during the August 16 incident.

Earlier on Thursday, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said the club had opened disciplinary proceedings against the player, but that Asencio ⁠would remain part of his plans while the matter was being resolved.

“He’s a model professional. When he was fit, no one trained as hard as him,” Mourinho told reporters.