Overview
- Prosecutors have asked for a two-year, six-month and one-day sentence for Asencio over showing an explicit 2023 video that included a minor, and he is due to appear in San Bartolomé de Tirajana court next week.
- Spanish law allows charges for the semi-public privacy offence to be dropped if the two women in the video formally accept his apology and the prosecutor withdraws the case.
- Three of Asencio’s former Real Madrid academy teammates — Ferran Ruiz, Andrés García and Juan Rodríguez — face separate allegations of distributing child pornography that prosecutors treat as more serious and will not be extinguished by a victims’ pardon.
- Spanish reporting says Asencio was stopped on August 16 in Gran Canaria with a breath‑test reading of 0.90 mg/l, received a €14,400 fine and an eight-month driving ban after a fast‑track trial, and Real Madrid have opened disciplinary proceedings.
- Asencio is currently on a break from play while recovering from physical problems, and the combination of the criminal case, the driving conviction and the club's file creates major uncertainty over his short‑term career and public standing.