2024-09-04 05:40:36
Spanish professional footballer Rafa Mir has been arrested. He is alleged to have sexually assaulted two women.
A potential scandal is shaking Spanish football: Rafa Mir, striker for first division club FC Valencia, was arrested by the Guardia Civil on Monday evening, according to consistent Spanish media reports. The reason: an alleged sexual assault.
As the national online media “Revelo” reports, two women are said to have reported the footballer on Saturday evening after an incident at a private party in his apartment. Another man who was apparently there with Mir was also apparently arrested. According to “Marca”, the two victims had to be treated in hospital before they filed a report.
Mir is said to have spent last night in a police cell in Valencia, it continues. His statements were apparently recorded there. According to the report, Mir is due to appear in court on Wednesday.
The footballer had already failed to attend Valencia FC’s team training on Tuesday morning. The club released a statement on the incidents and confirmed Mir’s arrest. “As for the press reports about the arrest of Valencia FC player Rafa Mir, the club is aware of the arrest and, in the absence of details, can only state that it will cooperate in any way that the justice system may require,” the brief statement said.
Mir only returned to Valencia FC on loan this summer. He had already played for the club in his youth, but then left in 2018 for Wolverhampton. Loan spells at UD Las Palmas, Nottingham Forest and SD Huesca followed. Mir has been under contract with Sevilla FC since 2021, with whom he won the Europa League in 2023. At the beginning of the year, VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart were said to have shown interest in him.