The world champion Jenni Hermoso has confirmed before the judge than the kiss that the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales gave him after the World Cup final in Sydney (Australia) It was not consensual and she felt pressured to come to his defense publicly.
The footballer went to the National Court this Tuesday to testify before the magistrate investigating Rubiales, disqualified by FIFA, for a crime of sexual assault and another of coercion for what happened after the team’s World Cup victory on August 20.
As expected and in line with the statement he gave before the Prosecutor’s Office, the player has ratified her versionwhich represents a key diligence within the framework of the case that has already faced its final stretch in the National Court.
According to legal sources, Hermoso has stated that The kiss “was unexpected and at no time consensual” and that afterwards, both on the flight back to Spain and during her stay in Ibiza, the investigators “harassed” her constantly, which “altered her normal life, producing a situation of restlessness and sadness“.
