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What to know in regards to the case towards former Spanish soccer head Luis Rubiales
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What to know in regards to the case towards former Spanish soccer head Luis Rubiales

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By Tycoon Herald 8 Min Read Published February 21, 2025
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What to know in regards to the case towards former Spanish soccer head Luis Rubiales

Former president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales, is seen throughout his trial in a courtroom exterior of Madrid earlier this month. He was discovered responsible of sexual assault over his unsolicited kiss on participant Jenni Hermoso.

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A Spanish courtroom discovered former soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales responsible of sexual assault on Thursday for kissing participant Jenni Hermoso with out her consent after the 2023 Ladies’s World Cup ultimate. The notorious kiss, which stole consideration away from the Spanish ladies’s crew’s first World Cup victory, sparked widespread outrage and a debate over sexism within the sport and past.

Luis Rubiales faces sexual assault trial for unsolicited kiss at World Cup

Rubiales, the previous president of Spain’s soccer federation, was additionally slapped with a positive and restraining order. He was spared a jail sentence that the prosecution had been looking for, and was acquitted of coercion fees alleging he’d pressured Hermosa to publicly help him.

Rubiales stated he would enchantment the ruling. 

Three different defendants — former Spanish ladies’s nationwide crew coach Jorge Vilda; former sports activities director of the lads’s crew, Albert Luque; and the federation’s former advertising head, Rubén Rivera — had been additionally acquitted on coercion fees for lack of enough proof. All 4 defendants have denied the fees, which had been based mostly on allegations that they pressured Hermoso to defend Rubiales.

It has been some time because the incident occurred, and quite a bit has occurred since. This is a recap of the case.

The kiss

The second on Aug. 20, 2023, was televised stay world wide.

Through the World Cup medal ceremony in Sydney, the Spanish gamers lined as much as settle for their gold medals and congratulations from a receiving line that included Rubiales. When he greeted Hermoso, Rubiales hugged the star ahead tightly, and pulled her in to plant a agency kiss on her lips. The soccer chief additionally kissed a number of different gamers on the cheek.

The aftermath

Rubiales, who has maintained that the kiss was consensual and mutual, stated within the speedy aftermath that he was the sufferer of a “witch hunt” and “false feminists.”

Hermoso stated the kiss occurred with out her consent, and had tarnished what ought to have been a celebration of her crew’s historic achievement.

“I felt vulnerable and the victim of aggression, an impulsive, sexist, out-of-place act and without any kind of consent on my part. Simply, I was not respected,” she stated in a press release.

Whereas the soccer program noticed the resignation of federation vice chairman Rafael del Amo and not less than two others, Rubiales refused.

Hermoso and her teammates stated they might not play so long as Rubiales was on the helm, and referred to as for wider structural adjustments throughout the federation. Nearly three weeks later, Rubiales resigned, saying that he couldn’t do his job within the face of the accusations and backlash.

After launching disciplinary proceedings, FIFA, the game’s governing physique, banned Rubiales from all soccer exercise for 3 years, discovering that he violated Article 13 of FIFA’s disciplinary code prohibiting offensive conduct by officers or gamers. The Spanish authorities’s sports activities authority additionally barred him from holding a publish in sports activities administration for 3 years.

The gamers returned to the crew after reaching an settlement with the federation, mediated by the federal government, that included reforms. Among the many speedy adjustments was the elimination of the phrase “women’s” from the crew’s official identify, which turned “Spain’s national soccer team.”

The trial

Through the trial, Hermoso stated the unsolicited kiss and the next fallout “tainted one of the happiest days of my life.”

Her teammates testified that the turmoil left her emotionally distraught for days.

Rubiales, nonetheless, stated he was “completely sure” he had requested Hermoso for consent.

Rubiales stated he regretted the kiss as a result of it wasn’t acceptable conduct for a nationwide federation president, the Related Press reported, however that his actions shouldn’t be thought of sexual assault.

The incident got here within the wake of recent laws in Spain geared toward toughening penalties for sexual violence. One legislation accredited in 2022 — also referred to as the “Only yes is yes” legislation — eliminated the excellence between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault,” and comes with penalties for any nonconsensual sexual act.

All defendants had been accused of (unsuccessfully) pressuring Hermoso to look in a video Rubiales produced and revealed, as public outcry over the then-soccer boss grew.

Finally, the excessive courtroom decide stated he discovered Hermoso’s model of the occasions credible, and that the participant had no motive to hurt Rubiales’ popularity.

Rubiales was ordered to pay a positive of $10,000, to remain not less than 200 meters (about 650 toes) from Hermoso, and to not talk together with her for a yr. He should additionally pay an extra $3,150 in damages in addition to half of Hermoso’s authorized charges.

The decide declined to impose jail time, as a result of he stated the nonconsensual act was a kiss, not a extra critical act, and concerned no violence or intimidation.

Attorneys for Rubiales and Hermoso weren’t instantly out there for remark. Rubiales informed Reuters, “I am going to keep fighting.”

Though some lamented the shortage of jail time and convictions for coercion, the decision was extensively acquired as win for girls’s rights.

“When there is no consent, as the ruling says, there is aggression,” Spain’s equality minister Ana Redondo stated after the responsible verdict. “The words of the victim must be respected.”

The Affiliation of Spanish Footballers, a union that acted as a personal prosecutor within the case, stated the ruling “represents a significant step in the defense of women’s rights and in the fight for a sport free of abuse and inequality.”

The world participant’s union, FIFPRO, stated that whereas the ruling enforces that such conduct is unacceptable, there ought to have been a harsher consequence.

“We also acknowledge that the level of punishment by the courts must send a stronger message that addresses the gross imbalance of power and hierarchy present in such circumstances,” its assertion learn.

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