MADRID: Disgraced former Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his forcible kiss on the lips of Women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso, a Spanish excessive courtroom judge determined Wednesday.
“(Rubiales will likely be tried) for the non-consensual kissing of Spanish nationwide staff participant Jennifer Hermoso on the finish of the World Cup last in Sydney on August 20 (2023), and for the next coercion exerted to make her say publicly that it was consensual,“ the courtroom mentioned in an announcement outlining the allegations.
The trial will likely be held on the Audiencia Nacional, a Madrid courtroom in command of advanced circumstances, on a date but to be set, mentioned Judge Francisco de Jorge within the courtroom doc.
Public prosecution has requested a sentence of two-and-a-half years in jail for Luis Rubiales — one yr for sexual assault and 18 months for coercion.
The prosecution can also be asking for two years’ probation as soon as the sentence has been served and for him to pay 50,000 euros ($54,000) in compensation to the participant.
Judge De Jorge requested Luis Rubiales to publish bail of 65,000 euros ($70,000) inside 24 hours to cowl “any civil liabilities he could also be ordered to pay”.
The judge additionally confirmed that former La Roja girls’s coach Jorge Vilda and two former federation officers would additionally face trial for alleged coercion of Hermoso.
Rubiales, 46, provoked worldwide outrage by giving Hermoso an unsolicited kiss in the course of the medal ceremony after Spain beat England to win the World Cup in Australia final yr.
The former RFEF chief, additionally beneath investigation in a separate alleged corruption case involving his reign on the federation, has denied any wrongdoing.
