Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr will testify this coming Thursday by videoconference from a Madrid court, as a victim, for the racist insults received at the Valencian Mestalla stadium on May 21.
This statement has been postponed up to two times, as it was initially set for September 28 and later, because the footballer was on vacation abroad on that first date, to October 5.
The reason for this postponement responds solely to organizational reasons of the courts and has not been requested by either the player or any of the parties, sources in the case have explained.
The footballer is expected to connect by videoconference from a court in Madrid to respond to the questions raised by the head of the Investigative Court number 10 of Valencia, which is investigating this case, as well as those of the rest of the parties involved, including LaLiga, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and Real Madrid, as accusations, and those of the defenses of the three accused young people.
During the League match between Valencia and Real Madrid at Mestalla on May 21, Vinicius reported having suffered racist insults from some fans who were behind the goal and which meant that the match was stopped for several minutes due to this reason. The events were reported by LaLiga, as he had already done on other occasions in the face of similar situations experienced by Vinicius and other players.
In addition to the follower whom the Brazilian footballer pointed out, the Police identified two others through the recordings of the cameras made available to them by Valencia CF, which announced that it will ban these three followers from entering the Mestalla for life.
These three fans - between 18 and 23 years old - have already testified before the judge and are being investigated in an open case for an alleged hate crime. LaLiga, in its capacity as private prosecutor in this case, has provided the court with an expert report reading the lips of the accused fans with the intention of contradicting what was stated by them, who admitted the gestures but denied any racist motivation in their opinion. behavior.
