Valencia fined €45k and handed a partial stadium closure for racism against Vinicius

GistReel

Valencia has been fined €45,000 and will have to close the stand where Vinicius Jr was racially abused for five games following a ruling by the Spanish FA (RFEF) This is coming after the Spanish police announced that they’ve detained three people in connection with the abuse directed at the Brazilian at Mestalla Stadium on Sunday, May 21.  Valencia fined €45k and handed a partial stadium closure for racism against Vinicius Vinicius Jr during a match against Valencia. Source: Getty Valencia’s south stand will be closed and the club has 10 working days to appeal. The RFEF said in a statement; “The Competition Committee has sanctioned Valencia CF with the partial closure of the Mestalla stadium for five matches, more specifically the Mario Kempes south stand, following the events that occurred during the match between the home team and Real Madrid CF. “It is considered proven that, as reflected by the referee in his minutes, there were racist shouts at Vinicius, a Real Madrid CF player, during the aforementioned match, altering the normal course of the match and considering the infractions very serious. In addition, an economic sanction of 45,000 euros is imposed on Valencia. Valencia fined €45k and handed a partial stadium closure for racism against Vinicius Vinicius Jr. identifies fans that racially abused him. Source: Getty “It is possible to file an appeal, within 10 working days, before the Appeals Committee.” Vinicius has been the target of racist abuse multiple times this season and the latest incident has seen him receive support from the footballing world. Before the recent sanction, there has been widespread condemnation of how the incident has been handled, including from the Brazilian government.

Oxlade fined N5 Million over leaked sex tape

GistReel

Nigerian artist Oxlade has been fined five million naira by a Lagos High Court over  leaked sex tape of a woman on Snapchat.

oxlade

Recall that in 2022, a sex tape was released on snapchat which involved a woman identified as John Blessing and Oxlade. In the video, the singer could be seen having fun with a lady who seems to be enjoying herself. Although Oxlade rendered an apology to the woman involved, she filed a suit against the singer seeking N20million damages and a disclosed that Oxlade leaked the sex tape without her consent. The young woman stated that the act was a gross violation of her fundamental rights to dignity, privacy and freedom from discrimination.

lady in sex tape

In a judgment of the case by Justice Olalekan Oresanya, he described Oxlade’s actions as “despicable, horrendous, distasteful and classless.” “The action and attitude of the Respondent (Oxlade), who is said to be a celebrity, is despicable, horrendous, distasteful and classless. The Respondent is admonished strongly to act with utmost circumspection in his relationship with fellow humans, especially the opposite sex. “what goes around comes around”. I need not say more,” the judge said. According to the judge, “The attitude of the Respondent towards the proceeding leaves much to be desired. The Respondent failed to appear in this Court and the only reason given for the Respondent’s absence by his erstwhile counsel was the Celebrity status of the Respondent which to my mind cannot be equated to that of many notable celebrity Artistes in this country who have comported themselves well respectably both within and outside of this country. After the case was settled, Oxlade was asked to pay damages to the tune of N5million to the claimant in two instalments of N2million and N3million respectively.