Luis Rubiales is not the only former head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) facing legal battles. His predecessor, Angel Maria Villar, is facing a potential 15.5-year prison sentence for alleged corruption, fraud and misappropriation of funds.
A Spanish prosecutor has asked for a retrial after the High Court sentence convicting the former head of the country's football federation, Luis Rubiales, for kissing national team player Jenni Hermoso without her consent.
The highest court in global sport dismissed an appeal by former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales on Friday after he was banned from any football-related activity.
Luis Rubiales, former Vice President of UEFA and former Spanish Football Federation president, has been found guilty of sexual assault for kissing Spanish women’s national team forward Jenni Hermoso following the 2023 World Cup final.
Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of kissing Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso without her consent after the World Cup final in 2023. The former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation caused huge controversy when he grabbed Hermoso and kissed her in celebration of the Spanish national team’s victory over England in the 2023 final.
Former Spain women's coach Jorge Vilda told a court on Wednesday that he attempted to persuade player Jenni Hermoso to downplay the kiss on the mouth his boss Luis Rubiales gave her at the 2023 World Cup but denied he had tried to strong-arm her.
Former RFEF boss Luis Rubiales' unsolicited kiss killed Jenni Hermoso's joy at winning the women's World Cup in 2023 and she was overwhelmed, crying and exhausted in the following hours and days, three of her teammates testified on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the trial of former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales continued with more testimonies being revealed. The matter is to do with the non-consensual kiss that Rubiales gave to Jenni Hermoso in the aftermath of Spain’s World Cup victory in August 2023.
Spain men's coach Luis de la Fuente has denied that he was involved in crisis talks at the Spanish football federation over handling the response to Luis Rubiales' kiss of world cup winner Jenni Hermoso.
The football world stood still today as Luis Rubiales, the former boss of the Spanish Football Association (FA), returned to Madrid amidst a whirlwind of controversy.
On Wednesday morning, Spanish police raided the Royal Spanish Football Federation headquarters, and it’s claimed that former President Luis Rubiales, who resigned last year following the scandal involving Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup, was one of their targets.
The World Cup champs continue to stifle opponents on the pitch, and now the Spaniards are making more inroads as it pertains to protecting women and compensating them adequately.