Manchester United and Spanish goalkeeper has reportedly been implicated by a protected witness in a rape case in a Spanish case, along with former Spain Under-21 teammate Iker Muniain.
Spanish news outlet El Diario are reporting that the witness was giving evidence in the trial against pot-bellied porn director Ignacio Fernandez Allende (aka Torbe), jailed since last April on charges of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, sexual assault, child pornography, related to prostitution, extortion and money laundering.
The unnamed witness claimed that she was taken to a hostel, assaulted by Muniain and one other unnamed footballer, after Torbe had forced her against her will, promising payment.
EXCLUSIVA | Una testigo protegida implica a los futbolistas De Gea y Muniain en el caso del empresario porno Torbe https://t.co/6o3sHtzHnz
— eldiario.es (@eldiarioes) June 10, 2016
De Gea has been implicated as the person who called Torbe to arrange the meeting, with the witness also reporting that they kept in touch afterwards to a bid to keep her quiet. He has not been accused of any criminal offence.
The Spanish shot-stopper is also said to have tried to arrange another encounter with five Manchester United players, but there is no evidence that this took place.
De Gea is also said to be mentioned in another piece of testimony in which a minor claimed to have been raped by Torbe, claiming that the incident was filmed so that De Gea and some Athletic Bilbao players could watch.
The timing could not be worse on the eve of Euro 2016, with these revelations potentially meaning his participation in the tournament will be revoked, with more serious concerns if he was found to have played a part in either reported rape.
