Jude Bellingham is being investigated by La Liga after a formal complaint was lodged for allegedly insulting Mason Greenwood during Real Madrid’s 2-0 win over Getafe on Thursday (1).
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A video has been circulating on social media of Bellingham tackling Greenwood and then appearing to say something as the camera focuses on him. There is no audio in the video, but it has been suggested that Bellingham used the word “rapist”.
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According to Telegraph Sport, a La Liga spokesman said that an official complaint had been lodged and that the match director had asked lip-reading experts to study the images. “Yesterday, Getafe filed a formal complaint with the La Liga match director who, as per standard procedure in such cases, has requested an expert lip-reading report to investigate the matter and act based on hard evidence”, said the spokesperson.
Greenwood joined Getafe on loan from Manchester United last summer. The forward was arrested in October 2022, later charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The charges were dropped in February 2023 after the Crown Prosecution Service cited “the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material that came to light”.
