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Lucas Hernández, the soccer player with two firm sentences for gender-based violence with serious blows and a third, for skipping the restraining order, has just been pardoned: he will not go to prison as his sentence ordered. His case is worthy of reflection because it seems that he legalizes vip gender violence, that of some privileged...

On October 28 he had to go to jail for six months for, basically, making fun of the sentence that had been imposed on him for beating his wife, -he beat her a lot more- and then the two of them went on their honeymoon so richly, despite having a restraining order. His injury report says he had an abrasion on his cheek and another on his neck. Hers (who had to go to the hospital) had a black eye, a broken lip, and trauma to her ribs. The Solomonic sentence, 31 days of work for the community for both and separate restraining orders (although hers was not in force, for not having been notified, when they were caught in Barajas), concealed the significant differences between the two parts of injuries and between the two criminal histories.

Only he has beaten his wife / es harshly twice – in 2015 and 2017 that we know of – he has failed to comply with community work sentences and has skipped a restraining order. Well, with all this, it doesn't go to the inside how any other would go who passed the judicial sentences for the lining, for his pretty face or, rather, for his prized footballer's legs.

The magistrates justify his decision by "his family and social circumstances of him" of him. The relatives are those of any couple with repeated problems of gender violence. Yes, they often forgive. The social ones, who is a professional in the beautiful sport, one who once again demonstrates his privileges. The order also states that "examining his criminal record […] there is no record of the commission of any new criminal act, which can be assessed to consider that currently it is not necessary to wait for the execution of the sentence to prevent the convicted criminal". What can be translated into: this boy does not need prison because he has not hit for a long time. How many would have to be forgiven of everything if the slowness of justice were applied in this way? Isn't that a symptom of justice à la carte? Am I the only one freaking out?

Looking in more detail at the letter that sets him free, the difference with others is made by the 96,000 euros ("240 installments of fine with a daily fee of 400 Euros") that he is going to have to pay in exchange for forgiveness. It seems that the judges have thought that he is going to itch to pay that money, forgetting that he is someone who earns 38,000 euros a day, 263,000 a week, 1,100,000 a month, 13.5 million a year . Come on, he's going to pay with the change.

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With this ending, his lordships mark abysmal distances between the gender violence of mortals and that of the wealthy. Will they be legalizing premium gender violence? Are they putting a price on blows?

Before this denouement it was rumored that his team, the mighty Bayern Munich, was maneuvering to try to get him to serve his sentence in a German jail, near his camp. So he could train with the team during the day and play the games, even if he later went to sleep in prison. That solution seemed ideal to me. It's not about destroying his career. It was about not making a brutal exception for him, being the idol of so many. What does this resolution say to the fans, to their followers, to the whole world?

Last Sunday I published another article about this case thinking that it would end differently. I argued that the degree of aggressiveness in couple discussions ceases to be a private matter when limits are crossed, despite so many hooked on emotional roller coasters. "The fatter the anger is, the more they vent the tears, the more passionate and satisfying the reconciliation is, which is nothing more than the dead calm between peak and peak," I described. Knowing what I am talking about, I thought it was crucial to underline that hitting is the red line, that it is not an option, that it is a crime that justice should not forgive no matter how hard its victims do. It is the only way to end infinite vicious circles for those involved, their children and the children of children who will imitate them.

I ended it by declaring: "Ladies and gentlemen in general, love each other however you want or can, let's love each other in the best possible way, but remember that hitting is not allowed and that doing so, apart from being probably the most appalling personal failure, can land you in prison no matter what." Who are you".

Today I have to deny myself: Lucas Hernández hits and pays, but only with money.