A PROMISING defender linked to the Premier League is one of the three Real Madrid players arrested over a sex tape involving an underage girl, it is understood.
Spanish police arrested three men at Real Madrid’s Valdebebas training ground in the capital on Thursday, but have not yet named any of the trio.
The underage teen’s mum went to cops after a video of the encounter is alleged to have been shared on WhatsApp without her consent.
News outlets in Gran Canaria have now revealed one of the trio arrested is a rising star who was linked to two Premier League clubs earlier this year as a prospective player.
Reports claim the arrested footballers were among a group of four men and three women who partied together at a VIP chill-out area at Amadores Beach Club in Puerto Rico in June.
The Premier League-linked footballer is alleged to have gone to the pool area with one of the women while the two others stayed with the three other Real Madrid players “to have consensual sex”.
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Island newspaper La Provincia reported that one of the women later suspected one of the players had used his phone to record the encounter.
The report claimed: “The players involved admitted filming but promised to erase the content.
“Two months after that day two of the girls, one of whom is underage, discovered the video filmed in June was being shared among WhatsApp groups.
“It’s then that the mother of the minor decided to report it.”
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It is claimed the player immediately erased the clip from his phone.
Spanish police confirmed late on Thursday they had arrested a Real Madrid Castilla player and two Real Madrid C players.
A fourth man questioned by police, another player for Real Madrid C which is Real Madrid’s second reserve team, has not been formally arrested.
None of the four have appeared yet before an investigating judge at a court in the municipality of San Bartolome de Tirajana, where the probe is being led.
They are expected to receive a court summons once the judge receives the police report.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Gran Canaria said: “A mother accompanied by her daughter under the age of 16 has reported to police in Santa Maria de Guía in Las Palmas province in Gran Canaria that there are supposedly some recordings of her daughter’s consensual sexual relations, which were recorded without her consent and which she now knows are being circulated.
“The events that occurred in the municipality of Mogan date back to mid-June but she said she has now learned these images exist.
“For this reason, Court 3 in San Bartolome de Tirajana has ordered the Civil Guard to make several people available to the court.”
Confirming none of the detainees were from Real Madrid’s first team, the spokesman added: “Their mobiles have been seized and they have been freed for the time being.
“The arrests occurred this morning. One of the detainees is a Real Madrid Castilla player and the other two are Real Madrid C players.
“Another player from Real Madrid C is being investigated.”
Real Madrid said in a statement last night: “Real Madrid wishes to announce that it has learned that a Castilla player and three Real Madrid C players have made statements to the Civil Guard in relation to a complaint about the alleged broadcasting of a private video via WhatsApp.
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“When the club has detailed knowledge of the facts, we will take the appropriate measures.”
The age of consent in Spain was raised from 13 to 16 in 2015, meaning teenagers of that age can have sex but cannot drive cars on Spanish roads or vote.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
