“We consider that the appeal must be accepted and that the execution of the sentence of deprivation of liberty imposed on Lucas François Bernard Hernandez must be suspended”, indicated in its decision the higher court of justice of Madrid, on the eve of the deadline set by the courts for voluntary entry into prison of the player.
Lucas Hernandez and his partner Amelia Lorente were both convicted of domestic violence in February 2017 after a brawl. They had been sentenced to 31 days of community service with a six-month ban on approaching within 500 meters of each other and communicating.
Reconciled, the couple got married a few months later and it was on returning from their honeymoon that the player was arrested at Madrid airport for having violated this removal measure.
Amelia Lorente had not been arrested, because this ban on contact had not yet been formally notified to her, and she was therefore not considered to be at fault.
Lucas Hernandez was finally sentenced in 2019 to six months in prison.
