The Trial of Former Spanish Football Chief Luis Rubiales – Accused of Forcibly Kissing A Player – is set to begin. Rubiales Gave a Forced Kiss to Forward Jenni HermoSo after Spain Won 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia.Red More
Spain’s former Football Chief Luis Rubiales Goes on Trial on Monday Over the Forced Kiss He Gave Star Forward Jenni Hermo with the Player Scheduled to Take the stand.
The 47-Year-old provoched worldwide outrage after he cuped hermo’s head and gave her an unsolicited kiss after spain beat england to win the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia.
Rubiales Cold Get Prison Time for Over Two Years
Prosecutors are seeking two and a half years in prison for rubies, one year for sexual assault for the forced kiss and 18 months for allegedly coercing hermoso, 34, to dounplay the Idected.
The kiss was given “Unexpectedly and without the Consent or Acceptance of the Player”, Prosecutors Wrote in their indictment.
“Constant and Repeated Pressure was exerted direct , “It added.
The highly anticipated trial gets underway at the national court in San Fernando de Henres Near Madrid at 10:00 AM (0900 GMT) and is expected to run until February 19.
Rubiales is scheduled to take the stand on February 12.
Among the accused along with rubiales are ex-Women’s National Team Coach Jorge Vilda and Two Former Federation Officials, Ruben Rivera and Albert Luque.
They also stand accused of trying to corce hermoso with prosecutors seeking 18 months’ Jail Against Them.
Historic success overshadowed
The scandal that rocked spanish football and wrecked rubies’ Career Broke on August 20, 2023, Moments after the Women’s National TEAM HAD CLINCED WORLD CUP GLORY in Sydney.
As Hermo Joined Her Teammates in Collecting their Winner’s Medals, Rubiales Clasped Her Head and Kissed Her on the Lips Before Letting Her Go With Two Slaps on the back.
The act unleasted a public outcry at what critics demed an abuse of power. A Recent Reform of the Spanish Criminal Code Classifies a non-consensual kiss as sexual assault.
Rubiales, who was alredy under Investigation for Alleged Corruption in His Role as Federation Head, Finally Gave into pressure and steepped down in September 2023, Two Days after the Start of AFTER The Kissi. He Had Been Federation Chief Since 2018.
In a recent netflix documentary titled “Se Acabo” (IT’s Over “), which looks back at the players’ Anger after the scandal overshadowed their Historic success, Hermoso Revealed Shed Kisses.
Hermoso, the all-time top scorer for the national women’s team who now plays in Mexico, said in the documentary that the federation demanded she appear in a video where she would claim Rubiales’ kiss “was nothing, it was… Joy, Euphoria ”.