Nearly nine months after the terrible car accident that claimed the lives of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, the case continues to be talked about. Not for the multiple tributes from Liverpool supporters every 20th minute of matches at Anfield – because of the number worn by the striker – but rather after a final decision taken by the Spanish justice system.
Indeed, one point was still to be clarified for the Iberian courts, at the time when the Lamborghini Huracan of the Portuguese, then at the wheel, was heading towards Santander, on the road to Castile and León in the northwest of the country on July 3, 2025.
In detail, the Spanish justice system sought to know if there was a specific person responsible, while the official cause of the accident was similar to a puncture due to excessive speed while overtaking.
No criminal responsibility in Diogo Jota’s accident
According to information from
The Athletic, “the Puebla de Sanabria Court of First Instance dismissed the case last November after evaluating the documentary evidence in the case and, in particular, the expert reports issued by the Traffic Unit of the Civil Guard”.
In other words, no criminal liability is incurred regarding the accident. Even if, as sources close to the matter remind us from the American newspaper, “the dismissal of criminal proceedings does not exclude the possibility for the parties concerned to take civil action to claim what they deem appropriate. »
