Bellingham will not be punished for Greenwood’s alleged “rape insult.”
JUDE BELLINGHAM has seen allegations that he called Mason Greenwood a “rapist” dismissed.
LaLiga has launched an investigation into Bellingham’s apparent defamation of Greenwood during Real Madrid’s match with Getafe last month.
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It came after the Real Madrid and England star landed a blistering tackle on the on-loan Manchester United player and appeared to take a swipe at him.
Getafe asked match referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea to record the incident in his match report, after which it was referred to the Spanish Football Association.
A lip-reading expert was called in by LaLiga to determine whether the 20-year-old used the word unquestionably.
However, Marca now report that the investigation was dismissed after it could not be clearly proven whether Bellingham said “rapist” or “crap.”
Because the use of the word could not be convincingly proven, the case was dismissed.
Greenwood, 22, was loaned out to Getafe in September, seven months after charges of attempted rape, assault and coercive control were dropped.
A source exclusively told The Sun last month how Greenwood wanted to drop the case against Bellingham.
They said: ‘Mason has told them he does not want Jude to be punished and has asked them to drop the case.
“He doesn’t want bad publicity and wants to continue playing football.
“He was very upset at the time because he didn’t expect this from someone like Jude.
‘But he knows there’s a good chance he’ll always have one goal for things like that, so he’s accepted that he needs a thick skin.
Greenwood has settled in Spain with his partner and baby after scoring eight goals with five assists in 26 games.