Judge proposes taking Rubiales to trial for non-consensual kiss on Jenni Hermoso

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The judge of the Spanish National Court Francisco de Jorge proposed judging the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales for the non-consensual kiss he gave to the player Jenni Hermoso after the World Cup final on August 20 and due to the pressures to which she was subjected to justify it.

After several months of investigation, the judge concluded that the kiss “was not consensual and was a unilateral and surprising initiative” by Rubiales, whom he investigated for a crime of sexual assault and another of coercion.

The magistrate does not specify in his order the crimes for which he proposes to try Rubiales because, as he explains, at this moment his function is limited to appreciating that there is sufficient evidence against him, so that it is the accusations who must specify for which crimes they carry out action against those investigated.

In addition to Rubiales, the magistrate believes that there are indications to bench former women’s coach Jorge Vilda; the director of the men’s team, Albert Luque; and the marketing manager of the RFEF, Rubén Rivera, for the pressure on Jenni Hermoso. De Jorge maintains that there could have been a concerted action between the three, agreed with Rubiales, “to break the will” of the soccer player “and get her to agree to record a video in which she said that the kiss had been consensual.”

Jenni Hermoso did not consent

The judge, in line with the Prosecutor’s thesis, has concluded that Rubiales, holding the international’s head with both hands, “gave her a kiss on the lips” in a “surprising and unexpected” manner. Hermoso “was not aware of the intention” of her superior “to kiss her on the lips nor did he give her consent,” says the judge, who maintains that the player, “bewildered and surprised” by that “unexpected kiss,” He didn’t have time to react.

This is how the head of the Central Investigative Court number 1 describes what happened on August 20, 2023 during the trophy ceremony after the victory of the women’s World Cup team in Sydney (Australia).

According to her story, the soccer player initially tried to downplay what happened and continue “celebrating the historic victory,” but as the hours went by “the euphoria of the victory gave way to discomfort and the feeling of having been offended.” feeling that “increased due to pressure from Rubiales and his close circle to publicly state that the kiss had been consensual.”

The magistrate makes it clear that the erotic purpose or not, or the state of euphoria and agitation derived from the victory, are elements whose consequence must be assessed in the trial.

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2024-01-25 16:56:00
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