Luis Rubiales, Ex-Spanish Soccer Boss, Headed To Trial Over World Cup Kiss

A decide in Spain has dominated Luis Rubiales, Spain’s disgraced former soccer federation president, ought to stand trial for kissing star participant Jenni Hermoso with out consent in the course of the workforce’s celebration after successful the World Cup.

The consequential ruling was handed down by investigative decide Francisco de Jorge on Thursday after hearings at Spain’s excessive court docket in Madrid … the place prosecutors and the protection argued for and towards legal expenses.

In the end, the decide concluded the August 2023 kiss was “not consensual” and was “carried out unilaterally and in a surprising fashion” and subsequently, legal proceedings can proceed towards Rubiales.

The choice comes after days of testimony, together with from 33-year-old Hermoso herself.

Spain’s main aim scorer recounted the kiss earlier this month in entrance of the court docket. Jenni additionally claimed Rubiales, and several other soccer officers, pressured her to say the kiss was consensual.

In gentle of the decide’s ruling, prosecutors now have 10 days to formally request a trial, which they’re anticipated to do.

If convicted below Spain’s new (2022) consent legal guidelines, Rubiales may face between one and 4 years behind bars.

He stepped down from his place in September 2023, nearly a month after the kiss, and subsequent outrage from the world over.