Despite the controversy surrounding the kiss he gave Jenni Hermoso while celebrating the conquest of the World Cup by the Spanish women’s team, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, refuses to resign.
“It was not a kiss, it was a little kiss. Anyone who sees the video, in front of 80,000 people in the stadium and millions on television, in front of my family, my daughters, realizes that there was no desire or position” . of domination, “said Rubiales, this Friday, in a speech delivered at the RFEF facilities, where he refused to resign:” I will not resign, I will not resign “.
“It was a spontaneous, euphoric kiss. It was consensual. This player [Jennifer Hermoso] missed a penalty. We were a family for over a month. She picked me up off the ground, we hugged and I told her “forget the penalty, we couldn’t win this World Cup without you.” We kissed and she said goodbye with a pat on the back. Then came a statement that I didn’t understand. It’s false. What they are doing to me is a social murder, ”she defended.
The director also blamed “fake feminists” and said he would sue those who accused him of “sexual harassment.”
Rubiales was applauded by the Assembly, which included the female coach Jorge Vilda.
“Anyone who knows me knows that I will fight until the end,” he added.
In relation to the gesture he made in the gallery of honor of the Sydney stadium, in which he grabbed his testicles as a celebration, a few meters from Queen Letizia of Spain and Princess Sofía, Rubiales apologized.
“I apologize, without palliation, for what happened on the platform and when in a moment of euphoria I grabbed that part of the body. George and me [selecionador Jorge Vilda] We’ve been through a lot this past year and on another, smaller level they wanted to do the same. A false speech. We suffered and swallowed a lot, but we are still together, ”he said, addressing Vilda and justifying the reason why he clung to his testicles, guaranteeing that he lost control and that for this he owes an apology to the Spanish royal house.
Since the incident, Rubiales has been the target of numerous criticisms from the most diverse sectors, from the head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to various public and political figures, including Jenni Hermoso herself, who, in a first phase, devalued the situation, but on Wednesday he turned to the Spanish soccer players union (FUTPRO) to request sanctions for Rubiales.
The Professional Women’s Soccer League (Liga F) also filed a complaint with the Higher Sports Council, requesting the disqualification of Luis Rubiales, for “dirty and embarrassing conduct.”
Likewise, FIFA opened a disciplinary investigation against the president of the RFEF, considering that the facts “may constitute a violation of sections 1 and 2 of article 13 of the disciplinary code” of the organization, alluding to the fact that the conduct could “harm the dignity or integrity” of a person by reason of their sex.
Rubiales’ gesture had enormous repercussions and other images appeared on social networks criticizing the leader, who, shortly before, still in the stands of the Sydney stadium, grabbed his genitals to celebrate the victory, a few meters from Queen Letizia and from her daughter.
Source: TSF
