MADRID :Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio will face trial on charges of allegedly sharing a video of sexual content without consent, a court on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria said on Thursday.

Three members of Real Madrid's youth team will also appear before the judge, accused of recording and sharing sexual videos of two teenaged women - one of them underage - at a Gran Canaria beach club in June 2023, the court added.

Women's rights have become a particularly sensitive topic in Spain since a scandal over the country's former soccer chief Luis Rubiales' unwanted kissing of national team player Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 World Cup final.

The prosecutor is seeking a prison term of 2-1/2 years for Asencio, 22, over two crimes against privacy since he received the recording and showe

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