"MADRID -- Spanish club Valencia said on Monday they filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming falsehoods in a documentary about Brazil player Vinícius Júnior. Valencia said the documentary mistakenly accused a large group of Valencia fans of making racist chants against the Real Madrid forward in a LaLiga match in 2023. The club filed the lawsuit after its public demands for corrections by the documentary's production company were not fulfilled. The lawsuit is against Netflix and the production company for damaging "Valencia's honor." It seeks financial compensation, corrections of the subtitles in the documentary, and the publication of the sentencing, the club said."
"The documentary includes a social media video showing what appeared to be a large crowd at Mestalla Stadium chanting at Vinícius. The video has the word "mono," Spanish for monkey, in the subtitles. But Valencia claims the fans were actually chanting "tonto," which is Spanish for silly."
"Then-Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was quick to accuse the Valencia fans of racially insulting Vinícius, but later apologized after saying he realized it wasn't the entire stadium chanting the word monkey. There were fans who did racially abuse Vinícius during that match. Three of them became the first fans to be convicted in racism-related cases in professional soccer in Spain. They were handed eighth-month prison sentences. During their trial, experts showed that the video with the subtitles "monkey" was edited and did not correspond to reality, according to Spanish media."
Valencia filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the documentary's production company alleging falsehoods about a 2023 LaLiga match that depicted fans chanting racial slurs at Vinícius Júnior. The club asserts that subtitles misrepresented chants of "tonto" as "mono," and seeks financial compensation, corrected subtitles, and publication of the sentencing after public correction requests went unfulfilled. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti initially accused fans and later apologized. Three individuals were convicted and sentenced to eight months for racially abusing Vinícius in that match. Trial experts demonstrated that the subtitled video had been edited and did not reflect reality.
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