Overview
- The Audiencia Provincial de Valencia, which handed down its first-instance ruling on Monday, June 15, 2026, convicted Rafa Mir of sexual assault and a separate count of injuries and sentenced him to seven years plus 18 months, a total of eight years and six months in prison.
- A second defendant, Pablo Jara, was also found guilty and received roughly two to two and a half years behind bars with a court-ordered indemnity for his victim.
- The sentence requires Mir to pay 64,000 euros to the principal victim and orders other ancillary measures including long-term bans on contact and a period of supervised liberty after any prison term.
- The court stressed that its verdict rested on the victims' consistent testimony corroborated by peripheral witness statements and forensic psychological reports, and it asked a separate judge to investigate three local Policía Local officers for possible false testimony.
- Mir has publicly announced he will appeal the nonfinal ruling, while clubs and local communities are weighing contractual and reputational consequences, a process that could include further legal steps and internal decisions by his employers.