‘I was being kissed by my boss and this does not happen, it should not happen in any social or work environment,’ said 32 -year -old Jenni Hermoso, considered one of the best athletes in the world
The striker said on Monday that the kiss of, now former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, should never have happened. In her testimony in the trial of the case, the Spain team player said a kiss on a boss’s mouth “should not happen in any social or work environment.” Rubiales’s kiss in Hermoso took place during the awards ceremony after the 2023 World Cup final dispute. After delivering the medal, his compatriot, who had been sacred world champion with Spain, the then sports leader kissed in the attacker’s mouth.
“I felt it was totally out of context,” said the 34 -year -old athlete, considered one of the best in the world. “I was being kissed by my boss and this does not happen, it should not happen in any social or work environment,” he said, during the case of the case, on Monday. “As a woman, I felt disrespected.” The episode eventually overshadowing the Spanish achievement and became a world controversy. In the following days, even FIFA charged Rubiales for the act.
“They stain one of the happiest days of my life and, for me, it is very important to say that at no time I sought this act, much less expected it,” said Hermoso. Rubiales, 47, even said at the time the kiss had been consented. But he did not resist the internal and external pressure and eventually resigned. It was also suspended by FIFA for three years. Present at Madrid’s Superior Court on Monday, he said he was the victim of a “witch hunt” and “fake feminists.”
The case has stopped in court and the former leader is accused of sexual assault and trying to coerce hermose, and others, to support him publicly after the episode. Prosecutors, Hermoso and the Spain Players Association want a two -and -a -half -year arrest sentence for Rubiales, a payment of 50,000 euros (about $ 302,000) for damage and that he is forbidden to work as a sports leader .
The trial is expected to last at least 10 days. Among the nearly 20 witnesses who must testify are Spain’s coach Luis de La Fuente, and some of her women’s teammates in the women’s team, including Alexia Patellas, twice elected the best in the world in 2021 and 2022.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Fernando Dias
