The judgment against the former Spanish football association chief Luis Rubiales has been confirmed in the appeal procedure. In the second instance, too, his kiss on the mouth of player Jennifer Hermoso was seen as a “sexual assault” at the World Cup award ceremony.
This remains the first judgment, with an already imposed fine of 10,800 euros. Rubiales have also been forbidden to approach Hermoso within a radius of 200 meters for a year.
Both ruby and the public prosecutor had appealed against the first instance judgment. The Court of Appeal was “The qualification of the first instance court to describe the facts as sexual assault is correct”as it said in the reason.
Rubiales, now a detached boss of the Spanish Football Association (RFEF), had gripped with both hands on the head after winning the World Cup title in 2023 international Jennifer Hermoso at the award ceremony and kissed on his mouth without her consent.
Sexual assault against Hermoso after the World Cup final 2023
The incident triggered outrage, Hermoso filed a lawsuit for sexual assault and coercion, also against other association officials. They are said to have put Hermoso under pressure with the aim of dropping the accusations against ruby things. The player also rejected the presentation of the then head of association that he had asked Hermoso about the kiss on the kiss on their consent.
Since a reform of Spanish criminal law, a non -mutually acceptable kiss has been a sexual assault. The Coal of Appeal emphasized that Hermoso had no approval for a kiss. Rubiales held back during the award ceremony when meeting other players, the BBC quoted from the court’s statements. In the same way, he could have behaved with the captain when it was the turn of the leader of the association’s personal congratulations.
Rubiales, like the three other defendants, had already been acquitted in the first instance in February, as the three other defendants, this was also confirmed in the appeal judgment.
Ruby lawyer announces another appeal
Rubial’s’ lawyer Olga Tubau informed the AFP news agency on Wednesday evening that the former top official would also appeal to this judgment at the Supreme Court. The 47-year-old’s annual team had called for an acquittal.
The public prosecutor in Madrid also appealed after the first instance judgment. The responsible prosecutor Marta Durántz Gil demanded a new procedure and assumed that he “”the appearance of bias“, awaken.
The public prosecutor had asked for a total sentence of two and a half years for the 47-year-old. The relatively mild judgment of the State Court in Madrid had been sharply criticized by women’s rights activists, politicians, the media and other observers.