La Liga outfit Sevilla have on Monday responded to the news of Rafa Mir being sentenced to a lengthy spell in prison.
This comes amid confirmation that the 28-year-old has been found guilty of sexual assault.
As per an official announcement from the Valencian court which oversaw proceedings on Monday, cited by ESPN.
‘The Fourth Section of the Valencia Court has sentenced the footballer of Elche CF, and formerly of Valencia CF, to eight and a half years in prison.’
‘He was tried on 28 May on charges of sexual assault and causing bodily harm.’
Mir for his part spent last season plying his trade on the books of Elche, on loan from fellow La Liga outfit and then-employers Sevilla.
And as alluded to above, on Monday evening, the latter have released a statement of their own in response to the news of the striker’s guilty verdict:
‘The club, in light of the judgment issued by Section Four of the Provincial Court of Valencia in which footballer Rafa Mir—currently on loan at Elche CF until June 30—is sentenced to eight and a half years, states its utmost respect for judicial proceedings and expresses our firm and unequivocal condemnation of any type of violence, abuse, or sexual assault.
‘Such conduct has no place in our society or in the values promoted by sport.’
Conor Laird – GSFN
