First criminal conviction for racist heckling in Spanish history.
Incident took place last year, Vinicius subjected to monkey gestures and chants of 'mono' or 'monkey'.
Men banned from attending La Liga games and Spanish national team matches for two years.
Three Spanish men sentenced to eight months in prison for racist chants towards Vinicius Júnior during Real Madrid game against Valencia.
In a groundbreaking move, the Spanish justice system has sentenced three men to eight months in prison for targeting Brazilian soccer star Vinicius Júnior with racist chants during a Real Madrid game against Valencia. This marks the first criminal conviction for racist heckling in Spanish history. The incident took place last year when Vinicius, playing for Real Madrid, was subjected to monkey gestures and chants of ‘mono’ or ‘monkey’ in Spanish during the match. The case was brought directly by La Liga, Spain's famous soccer league, and resulted in prison terms for the first time. In addition to the prison sentences, the men are also banned for two years from attending La Liga games and matches involving the Spanish national team. Vinicius previously said that Spain is known as a country of racists and commended La Liga and Real Madrid for their efforts in pursuing justice in this case.
Three fans accused of heckling Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior in a racist manner during a La Liga match in May 2023 were sentenced to eight months in prison.
This is the first criminal conviction in Spanish history for racist heckling.
Vinícius previously said that Spain is known as a country of racists.
Three fans have been sentenced to eight months in prison and banned from stadiums for two years over the racist abuse of Vinícius Júnior during Real Madrid’s 1-0 LaLiga defeat to Valencia in May 2023.
This is the first conviction for racist heckling in Spanish history.
This is the first conviction for racism at a football match in Spain's history.
Three Valencia fans were sentenced to eight months in prison for abusing Vinicius with racist motives.
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The author does not commit any formal or informal fallacies in the provided text. However, there are instances of inflammatory rhetoric used by Vinicius Jr and La Liga president Javier Tebas. These statements can be considered as emotional appeals but do not constitute logical fallacies.
][La Liga president Javier Tebas]: 'This ruling is great news for the fight against racism in Spain, as it goes some way to redressing the disgraceful wrong suffered by Vinicius Jr and sends a clear message to those individuals who go to a football stadium to hurl abuse.'[[,
