De Gea and Muniain implicated in sexual abuse case

Updated 10/06/2016 15:52 CET

Spanish national team footballers David de Gea and Iker Muniain have both been implicated in the ongoing case against pornography entrepreneur Ignacio Allende Fernandez, better known as Torbe.A witness in the case - in which Torbe is accused of human trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation, sexual assault, child pornography, prostitution, extortion and money laundering - has testified that she was abused by Muniain, after De Gea arranged the meeting, which was said to be between her, Muniain and another player, who at first was thought to be Isco but has yet to be revealed.Muniain is alleged to have had sex with the woman in 2012, while De Gea is alleged to have arranged the meeting, though he wasn't physically present.

According to eldiario.es, the arm of the national police force tasked with such matters has attributed a "high degree of credibility" to the women's testimony, and to those of two other women.They have also ruled out the possibility of "motives existing to discredit those denounced for economic or personal reasons".The victim's statement, made in front of agents, details a number of instances of harassment by the Torbe network, including an incident involving the Manchester United and Athletic Club players in a five-star Madrid hotel in 2012.