Spanish footballer is fined €6,000 for groping a girl’s breasts whereas she was wearing a mascot costume

A SPANISH footballer has averted jail after being discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a girl dressed as a rival crew’s mascot.

Hugo Mallo, 33, has been ordered by a decide to stump up a €6,000 wonderful, in addition to pay €1,000 in compensation to the sufferer after a listening to at Barcelona’s Ciutat de la Justicia court docket.

The incident in query passed off in April 2019, when Celta Vigo, the crew Mallo captained, travelled to Catalonia to face Espanyol in La Liga.

Footage from the match confirmed Mallo inappropriately groping the breasts of a girl who was carrying the costume of Perequita (Parakeet), Espanyol’s mascot, because the gamers lined-up to shake palms previous to kick-off.

The sufferer testified in June of that 12 months – Mallo claimed that tv footage exonerated him earlier than making a request for the case to be thrown out, which was rejected.

In her sufferer assertion, the person, who has upheld her proper to anonymity, mentioned: “When Hugo Mallo arrived to greet the mascot, he gave his palms to the male parakeet as is normally achieved, however when he reached the sufferer, who at the moment was taking part in the function of the feminine parakeet, he launched his palms below the costume and touched her breasts”. 

Mallo, who presently performs for Greek Tremendous League membership Aris, averted an 18-month jail time period as a result of there was no admission of guilt or repentance by the accused in the direction of the sufferer.

He may nonetheless enchantment the conviction.