The Spanish international Jenni Hermoso confirmed this Tuesday before a judge that she had been kissed on the mouth without consent by the then president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), after the 2023 World Cup final, and was pressured to acquit him. publicly.
Judicial sources cited by the EFE news agency assure that the player reaffirmed that the kiss Luis Rubiales gave him after winning the world soccer title was “unexpected and never consensual.”
Hermoso, who on Monday was announced as a reinforcement for Tigres, from Mexico, also said that both on the flight back to Spain and in the following days she felt “constantly upset” by those involved, and admitted that she had been forced to change his normal life and experienced moments of “restlessness and sadness.
The footballer appeared this Tuesday in Madrid before the magistrate investigating the case initiated by the conduct of Luis Rubiales, since then dismissed from the presidency of the RFEF and suspended for three years by FIFA, for conduct that falls within the crimes of sexual abuse. aggression and coercion.
The final of the Women’s World Cup, played on August 20, was marked by the kiss on the mouth that the then president of the RFEF gave to the player Jenni Hermoso, during the celebrations of the Spanish victory (1-0 against England) in the Sydney stadium, and that the forward has reiterated that it was not consensual.
Rubiales’ behavior led to the opening of a sanctioning file by the Sports Administrative Court and FIFA, and a complaint filed before the courts by the player.
Rubiales resigned as president of the RFEF and was suspended by FIFA, a decision he announced that he would appeal, promising to go “to the last resort so that justice is done and the truth is restored.”
Source: TSF
