Overview
- A provincial court in Valencia convicted 28-year-old Rafa Mir of one count of sexual assault and one count of bodily harm and handed him an eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence.
- The court ordered Mir to pay the victim €64,000 in compensation and a friend who was tried alongside him was sentenced to two-and-a-half years.
- The offences occurred at Mir’s house in Bétera on September 1, 2024, after he and the friend met two women at a nightclub, according to the court record.
- Mir pleaded not guilty at trial and the Valencian community High Court of Justice noted the verdict can be appealed under standard Spanish procedure.
- The conviction follows Mir’s September 2024 arrest and earlier two-match suspension by Valencia, and it leaves immediate consequences for his contracts and playing prospects with Sevilla, Valencia and Elche.