Benfica‘s Andreas Schjelderupโ Receives Suspended Prison Sentence in Denmark โคfor Sharing Explicit โคVideo
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Norwegian international footballer andreas Schjelderup, currently playing for Benfica, was sentencedโค Wednesday by โa Copenhagen court to 14โฃ days in prison, suspended, after admitting to sharing anโ explicit video involving minors.
Theโ 21-year-old winger received a year of probationโ alongside the suspendedโข sentence, with Danish media reporting aโ potential warning of deportation from Denmark. Schjelderup appearedโ in โคcourt โขand acknowledged sharing a 27-second โvideo on Snapchat โคdeemed explicit and featuring minors, according to Danish press reports.
Judge โMathias Eike delivered โthe sentence stating, โ”You will receive โคa yellow card.”
The incident occurred two years โago โwhile Schjelderup, then 19, played forโ Danishโ club โNordsjaelland,โฃ to which he is currently on loan from Benfica.Following theโ sentencing, theโข player’s lawyer indicated the defense isโ reviewing theโ decision to determineโ whether to fileโข an appeal, notingโฃ Schjelderup promptly expressed regret, โcalling it “a bad joke,” and promptlyโฃ deletedโฃ the video.
Schjelderup previously acknowledged the incident in an โInstagramโฃ post on Novemberโฃ 8, describing itโค as a “stupid mistake” and stating heโ removed the โฃvideo after learning it was illegal.
The Norwegian โFootball Association has โstated itโข considersโ the โขcourt’s sanction sufficient. โSchjelderupโฃ recentlyโ played โค20 minutes against Estonia last Thursday and โwasโค an unused substitute during โฃSunday’s match against Italy,which โsecured Norway’s directโค qualification for the 2026 World โฃCup.
