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Fan detained after accused of racially insulting Kylian Mbappé during |
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Spanish league game |
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By Associated Press |
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1:23 PM EDT, Wed September 10, 2025 |
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Source: AP |
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Spanish police have detained a fan accused of racially insulting during |
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a Spanish league game last month. |
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Police said Wednesday that the fan was taken into custody after being |
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identified during an investigation launched following an official |
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complaint by the Spanish league. |
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Police said the fan, who was not publicly identified, was accused of |
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making monkey gestures and sounds toward the star. |
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The insults came late in the first half of Madrid’s 3-0 victory at |
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Oviedo on August 24, after Mbappé scored the first goal. |
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There have been a series of racist insults from fans against Black |
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players in Spain in recent years. |
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Last week, an Espanyol fan accused of racially insulting Athletic |
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Bilbao forward Iñaki Williams during a Spanish league match five years |
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ago accepted a deal to avoid prison time. |
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In May, five Valladolid fans who racially insulted Real Madrid forward |
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Vinícius Júnior in 2022 were found guilty in the first ruling in |
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Spain that condemned racist insults in a soccer stadium as a hate |
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crime. |
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Last year, three Valencia fans were handed eight-month prison sentences |
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after pleading guilty to racially insulting Vinícius in what was the |
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first conviction for racism-related cases — not based on a hate crime |
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— in professional soccer in Spain. |
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