Marca: Asensio can still play in the Club World Cup. If the charge is confirmed, Real Madrid can terminate the contract with him and claim compensation

May 16th Real Madrid player Raul Asensio has recently been involved in a lawsuit for spreading child pornography videos. Spanish media "Maca" wrote an article to analyze the possible punishments Asensio has faced.

Preliminary, if convicted, Asensio will face the brutal punishment because he did not participate in the shooting and dissemination of the video. The verdict shows that Asensio's behavior involved in the case was that one week after the incident, he asked one of the parties for the video and saved and watched the video when he knew the video involved a minor.

Relevant Spanish laws stipulate that those who disseminate, leak or provide privacy data/images to third parties shall be sentenced to 2-5 years in prison; those who do not participate in the acquisition of information, but who still preserve and display it while knowing that it is illegal will be sentenced to 1-3 years in prison.

Although Asensio did not actively disseminate the video (the video was automatically deleted after a single view), the Criminal Law stipulates that leaking private videos constitutes a crime. If Asensio is convicted, it may affect his Real Madrid career. According to relevant Spanish laws, clubs can terminate contracts with players and claim compensation based on legitimate reasons.

In addition, it should be noted that Asensio can still participate in the upcoming Club World Cup in the United States normally, because the US's visa refusal is only for the effective verdict, and the severity of the crime will be considered.