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Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic has avoided a prison sentence in his native Serbia for violating quarantine rules earlier this year and will instead pay a € 30,000 fine, report Cope Chain.
As Marca noted in April, prosecutors were considering the possibility that the forward would be sentenced to three years in prison, although those calls were subsequently reduced significantly.
💥 Inform @melchorcope
👨🏻⚖️ Luka Jovic, player of the @Real Madrid, has agreed with the Serbian prosecutor’s office to pay € 30,000 for skipping the lockdown last March
❌ Thus avoid the possibility of going to jail pic.twitter.com/H28HFJtVNN
– The Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) November 10, 2020
A report in El Mundo described how the forward was the only player Madrid allowed to return to his home country to spend time with his young family during the confinement earlier this year, but was allegedly seen partying in the streets of Belgrade, a move. which has drawn criticism both in the country and in Spain.
Jovic and other Serbian players playing for foreign clubs were criticized by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic after his return, and the forward was seen partying in the streets of Belgrade on his girlfriend’s birthday.
Brnabic said at the time, quoted by Diario AS: “We have negative examples of our footballers, who are paid very well, ignoring the mandatory self-isolation when returning home.”
Brnabic and other leaders had urged all Serbian citizens to refrain from returning home if possible, to limit the spread of the virus, which was violated by the Madrid player.
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