Rubén Castro trial: "I never put a hand on her nor did I insult her".
First day of trial in Seville for Rubén Castro, a footballer player for Real Betis, who is accused of domestic abuse of his former partner. In his opening statement, he denied having ever having put a hand on his accuser nor having insulted or threatened her, and has attributed the accusation to jealousy. The Public Prosecutor's Office has asked for four years in prison for the footballer.
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The Real Betis striker, Rubén Castro, has denied the accusations of violence against his former girlfriend, for which the Public Prosecutor's Office is asking for four years of prison while the private prosecution is asking for eight years and nine months, and has stressed that he ¿never¿ put "a hand on her" nor insulted her.
Throughout the 35 minutes of his opening statement in Criminal Court 14 of Seville, the footballer attributed the different accusations lodged against him to be the result of "jealousy" on behalf of his ex-girlfriend.
Rubén Castro labelled the 2-year long relationship, which lasted from 2011 to 2013, as ¿crazy¿, claiming he was never in love with her and that their "deep sexual attraction" was the only thing that kept them together.
