Rubiales ‘completely safe’ Hermoso agreed to kiss at the World Cup, a trial hearing | Football news
Spanish -former head of the legs of Luis Rubiales told his version of the event in court for his alleged forced kiss Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 World Cup.
Former Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales told him in court that her player Jenni Hermoso had given her consent to kiss her after the Spanish World Cup victory in Spain in 2023.
“I’m completely sure she gave me her permission,” Rubiales said on Tuesday in the Spanish National Court in Madrid, where the trial stands. “At that moment, it was something completely spontaneous.”
Rubiales, 47, was charged with sexual abuse of hermos kiss on his mouth and then tried to force – with the help of three other former Football Federation official – publicly said that the Kiss at the World Cup Award ceremony was agreement.
“She squeezed me very firmly under the armpit, lifted me up, and when I got down, I asked her if I could kiss you, and she said” OK “, that happened,” he said.
“What happened was not important for me or for her,” Rubiales added during his long -awaited testimony, describing the kiss as a “act of affection.”
Prosecutors are looking for two and a half years in prison against Rubiales for a sexual attack for a forced kiss and allegedly forcing Hermoso to reduce the incident. Rubiales denies the charges of coercion equalized against him, the former manager of the women’s team Jorge Vilda and two former feeding officers.
On February 3, at the trial, Hermoso said that she felt a “dishonest” non -consensual kiss after she had just helped Spain to win the World Cup.
