The head of the Court of Investigation No. 10 of Valencia has summoned to investigate three young men aged between 18 and 21 who were arrested last Tuesday as alleged perpetrators of a hate crime for having uttered racist slurs at Real Madrid player Vinicius on Sunday in Mestalla.

The instructor will also accept a statement via videoconference, as an injured party, from a Brazilian player, Supreme Court Valencian Community in a statement in which the date of these appearances is not reported.

Prior to this application, the three persons under investigation must appear before the judicial authority to be familiarized with the rights that assist them in the application of article 118 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The Court opened the procedure after being informed of a possible hate crime Prepared by the Information Brigade of the High Police Directorate of the Valencian Community.

To this pre-trial, a complaint has accumulated on the same facts, filed by LaLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, an organization that is already considered to be involved in the case as a private prosecution.

In addition, the instructor agreed to report the case to the prosecutor’s office and submit a request to the Madrid courts to include the necessary technical means to allow Vinicius Jr. to make a statement via videoconference as an injured party.

On the other hand, in response to the investigative procedures requested in its complaint LaLiga, the order reflects that the images recorded of the incidents have already been collected and studied by the National Police and included in the report.

However, the magistrate decided to send a letter to Valencia to urge him to keep this audio-visual material from the 72nd minute of the game in case it was required at any time during the investigation.
Finally, the court will call the Valencian club to identify some of the security guards who worked on the day of the match to be called to testify as witnesses.