The Spanish side initially won the case against a TV station over a video showing the defender as a serial killer, but the Supreme Court overruled it
Real Madrid have lost a court battle for €6 million in compensation over a video depicting Pepe as Hannibal Lecter after Spain's Supreme Court ruled against them.
In promotion of a Clasico match between the sides in 2013, Catalan station TV3 broadcast clips of Real Madrid players such as Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso and Mesut Ozil fouling Lionel Messi.
It included footage of hyenas chasing animals, ending with the Portuguese centre-back resembling the cannibalistic serial killer played by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs.