Marcus Slaughter allegedly used a falsified Equatorial Guinea passport to play in Spain in 2015. If the Spanish court convicts the player, Real Madrid might lose two titles - Liga Endesa and Copa del Rey.
Real Madrid might lose two titles they won almost a decade ago.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Marcus Slaughter, a former Real Madrid player, for allegedly falsifying his passport, La Vanguardia writes.
With Slaughter on the roster, Real Madrid won the Spanish Liga Endesa (ACB) and the Copa del Rey in 2015. However, the player might not have been eligible to play at the time.
Slaughter competed in the ACB with the Equatorial Guinea passport under the Cotonou Agreement, which allowed him to play as a local in Spanish competitions.
However, It was later found out that the information provided on the passport was false. Namely, Slaughter's passport shared the same passport number - A001696 - as the passport of another player, Fuenlabrada's Andy Panko. Additionally, pages 45 and 46 were missing.
The documents were "false in nature, since although they were originally legitimate documents, their entire biographical pages had been replaced," the prosecutor said, according to La Vanguardia.
With Slaughter's whereabouts being unknown, the 27th Court of Madrid has issued an arrest warrant to notify the player about the proceedings.
Real Madrid's biggest rival, FC Barcelona, has been involved in the case for years as a plaintiff. Barca seeks the two titles to be stripped from Real Madrid due to an ineligible roster.
At the time, the two non-EU roster spots were occupied by Gustavo Ayon and Facundo Campazzo. If Slaughter's passport was falsified, it means he couldn't have played in either of the two competitions as a local and had to be registered as a non-EU player instead.
Slaughter and Panko both paid €35,000 to Ricard Nguema, a former Real Madrid youth player who had connections within the Equatorial Guinea government and who facilitated the process. As such, the prosecution is seeking a prison sentence for Nguema for document forgery.
The court hearing will be held on November 5th in the 3rd Criminal Court of Madrid.
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