Real Madrid defender Ra\u00fal Asencio issued a social media statement addressing his recent legal proceedings. Asencio has been found innocent in his trial over the alleged sharing of intimate footage involving a minor just a day after the Spanish media published that he was sentenced in a DUI case in his hometown Gran Canaria last month.<\/p>\n
Today, after a long time of silence and respecting a judicial process in which I always had faith, I can say that I have been acquitted.<\/p>\n
And I believe the time has come to share a few words. During these months, I have lived through a difficult situation and, at times, I have had to watch as information and opinions about me were published before Justice had its say.<\/p>\n
I understand and respect the work of the media and the right to report and opine, but I also believe it is important to remember that behind every news story there is a person and a family who live with the consequences of everything that is published.<\/p>\n
I have always trusted that Justice would eventually set things right. Today there is a judicial resolution that speaks for itself, and I receive it with calm and the satisfaction of being able to close a chapter that has been very important to me.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to dwell on the noise or the difficult moments. I prefer to hold onto the support of the people who were by my side and who trusted me throughout this time.<\/p>\n
I want to deeply thank my family, my friends, my agent, my lawyers, and all the people who accompanied me and gave me strength when I needed it most.<\/p>\n
I also want to thank Real Madrid and everyone at the club who have shown me their trust and allowed me to keep working, growing, and enjoying what I love most: playing football.<\/p>\n
Throughout this entire process, I have tried to stay on the sidelines, work, and move forward. Today I can do so with the peace of mind of knowing that I always trusted in the truth.<\/p>\n
To those who spoke about me during these months, I only ask that, now that Justice has spoken, this part of the story can also be told with the same attention.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to get into controversies or look back. I want to close this chapter with respect, with my head held high, and with a lot of desire to move forward.<\/p>\n
I also want to address an incident related to a blood alcohol test. I am deeply regretful of what happened and fully accept my responsibility. It has been an experience from which I have learned, and I am very clear that it will not happen again.<\/p>\n
Now I want to look ahead, keep working, keep growing, and focus on what I love most: playing football. Now it\u2019s my turn to speak. And I absolutely agree with my coach: not only on the field, but off it as well. Hala Madrid. Let no one have the slightest doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid defender Ra\u00fal Asencio issued a social media statement addressing his recent legal proceedings. Asencio has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[82,1835],"class_list":["post-80142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid-cf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}