In a statement, the Balearic Islands Superior Court of Justice said that Vunipola must pay a fine of €240 as well as €500 in compensation to the injured party after an express trial was held on Sunday. He was charged with serious disobedience to an authority and resisting arrest, according to the court sentence document seen by CNN. “The accused admitted that he was in a nightclub in Palma where some police officers came because of a fight,” the court statement said.
Vunipola, who played 75 times for England since his debut in 2013, said that he was involved in “an unfortunate misunderstanding” which “got out of hand” while leaving a nightclub on Sunday. “Contrary to media reports, there was no violence, no fight and I did not threaten anybody at any stage, with bottles or chairs or anything else,” added Vunipola. The 31-year-old also confirmed that he had been charged with resisting the law and had paid a €240 fine.