Former Spanish soccer chief Rubiales to testify in court in Hermoso kiss case

Former Spanish soccer chief Rubiales to testify in court in Hermoso kiss case

Published September 12,2023


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Former Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales will testify earlier than the High Court in Madrid on Friday over his allegedly unsolicited kiss on the lips of World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso, the court docket stated on Tuesday.

The incident, on the medal ceremony following the Spanish girls’s group’s World Cup victory in Sydney, Australia, final month, unleashed a wave of indignation towards sexism and macho behaviour in Spain.

Rubiales had refused calls for from many gamers, sports activities our bodies and politicians to stop his place as president of the Royal Spanish Football, saying he had executed nothing flawed and the kiss was mutual and consensual.

However, the furore didn’t die down and on Sunday he resigned after Hermoso lodged a prison criticism towards him. He will seem earlier than the court docket at midday on Friday.

The criticism by Hermoso describes how Rubiales kissed her on the mouth “without her consent” whereas holding her head with each palms after Spain defeated England within the girls’s World Cup closing on Aug. 20. The incident place in entrance of a world tv viewers.

High Court decide Francisco de Jorge is in command of the probe because the incident came about outdoors Spain.

Rubiales has not responded to Reuters questions concerning the case.

Source: www.anews.com.tr