Concerned the kiss to Jenni Hermoso at the end of the 2023 Women’s Football World Cup
The Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office maintained, on Wednesday, the request for two and a half years for Luis Rubiales for considering that the kiss that gave Jenni Hermoso at the end of the Women’s Football World Cup in 2023, was “without consent”, advances the newspaper brand.
“There was no question, there was no answer, there was a surprise. There is enough proof of the accusation. A kiss is an act of sexual content because it is considered as such in jurisprudence. To determine the penalty, we do not consider it to be mitigated. Of this, it was your superior. The minimum penalty is a year in prison. To be condemned.
In addition to Rubiales, the Public Prosecution Service has asked for a year and a half of arrest for former team coach Jorge Vilda, former men’s director Albert Luque and former Spanish federation marketing chief Rubén Rivera .
Durántez also says that Hermoso had to fight “against a federation with a president who not only commanded much but commanded everything”, considering the player a woman “with values” who defended “the truth of what happened” and annulling the description made The then communication director of RFEF Pablo García Cuervo, who classified her as “impressable and manipulable.”
The prosecutor also highlighted Jenni Hermoso’s “total coherence” between what she told about this case and her “immediate and later” behavior, condemning that in 2025 she continues to question “victims of sexual aggression” for celebrating or laughing , in reference to videos of the celebration of Victory the Women’s Team of Spain at the 2023 World Cup in Australia.
“She had contradictory feelings, she wanted to go unnoticed, that all this would not be reduced to an unaccountable kiss, but to the Spanish team’s triumph. Is she less victim for that?” He added.
Luis Rubiales began to be tried on February 3 for sexual assault because of the kiss to Jenni Hermoso at Sydney stadium, as the Spain national team players were congratulated by several authorities and received the world champions medals, title, title that ended up conquering.
Rubiales was also tried by coercion, along with the former director of the men’s team of Spain Albert Luque, then-coach Jorge Vilda and the former marketing director of the Federation Ruben Rivera, for alleged pressures about the player.
For the remaining three defendants, the prosecutor also maintained the request for one and a half arrest for each, for a crime of coercion, because of alleged pressures about Jenni Hermoso, family and friends of the player to publicly devalue the kiss that gave him Rubiales.
The hearing of witnesses and accused in this trial ended today at the San Fernando de Henares Court.
Luis Rubiales assured, on Tuesday, at the trial, which asked Jenni Hermoso to kiss her at Sydney stadium and that the footballer gave her the consent, something the player denied, also in court, reiterating that she was kissed on the lips against His will by the former president of the Federation, whom he referred to as his “boss.”
Rubiales left the presidency of RFEF on September 10, 2023 and, weeks later, on October 30, FIFA suspended it from all soccer-related activities.
