Luis Rubiales, former head of Spanish football, is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting player Jenni Hermoso with a kiss and then attempting to coerce her into saying it was consensual. The incident sparked a Me Too movement in Spanish football and led to Rubiales' resignation.
Ex-football chief accused of sexual assault and attempting to coerce player Jenni Hermoso into saying contact consensual
Alongside Rubiales, former women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda, former Spanish football federation sporting director Albert Luque and the RFEF’s former head of marketing Ruben Rivera are also on trial for their suspected roles in pressuring Hermoso.
Hermoso’s first reaction was to tell team-mates: “Hey, I didn’t like it”, according to locker room footage. Prosecutors say she was pulled aside on the bus to the airport and asked to approve a statement in her name downplaying the incident, which she says she refused to do. After Rubiales was forced to step down, his replacement and right-hand man Pedro Rocha was suspended for “very serious misconduct”, while the supreme court on Wednesday will hear an appeal by Rafael Louzan, recently elected new soccer head, to determine if his malfeasance conviction, which bars him from holding public office for seven years, stands.
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