Spanish court rejects motion to nullify Real Madrid youth academy sex tape case

Published Jul 30, 01:46 PM UTC

A judge in Gran Canaria has rejected a defense motion to declare the sexual video case involving former Real Madrid youth academy players Ferrán Ruiz, Juan Rodríguez, and Andrés García, as well as first-team defender Raúl Asencio, null. The defendants are accused of recording and distributing without permission a sexual encounter with two young women in 2023, knowing one was a minor. Ruiz, Rodríguez, and García face charges of child pornography and privacy violation, while Asencio is charged with showing the video to a third party. The judge of Criminal Court Number 5 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria dismissed all defense arguments raised in the preliminary hearing, including the challenge to the seizure of the defendants' phones and the evidence obtained from them. The trial is scheduled for September 2026.

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