Judgment – Hermoso and Rubiales before objection

After a fine for football officials

Court dispute over kiss-Klat goes into the next round

The kiss affair led by ex-football boss Luis Rubiales kept Spain in suspense for a year and a half. Now there is a judgment. But it seems that the case cannot be put to the files.

In the kiss scandal of Spanish football, neither ex-association boss Luis Rubiales nor international Jennifer Hermoso want to accept the verdict. According to agreement, both are planning to object to the fine of almost 11,000 euros, which the official should pay for sexual aggression.

The public prosecutor does not want to accept the judge’s decision either. This was reported by the state TV broadcaster RTVE, the specialist newspaper “AS” and other Spanish media, referring to the circles of the persons and institutions.

Neither Hermoso nor Rubiales gave a personal statement on the judgment. Rubiales were guilty of sexual aggression on Thursday because he had kissed the Hermoso on his mouth after the World Cup final won in 2023.

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. The public prosecutor had asked for a total sentence of two and a half years for the 47-year-old.

However, the defendant was only sentenced to an 18-month fine of 20 euros per day “. He was also forbidden to approach the player within a radius of 200 meters and to communicate with her for a year.

Right -wing experts who have been interviewed by Spanish media mean that the judgment will be revised. It was a “reasonable judgment” that was reasonably justified, the lawyer David Aineto said to the radio station “Cadena Ser”.

Rubiales had been accused of sexual aggression because in August 2023 he had kissed on the mouth at the award ceremony after the 1-0 World Cup final victory over England in Sydney Hermoso. He always rejected all the allegations and assured that he had asked for permission and received them before the kiss.

Hermoso, on the other hand, had repeatedly replied and also confirmed in court that the kiss was against her will. In the process, she emphasized that the involuntary kiss had triggered “disgust and disgust” and “overshadowed one of the happiest days of my life”.

Rubiales had also taken coercion because he was said to have put the player under for days together with three association employees at the time so that it relieves him. However, he and all co -accused were acquitted of the accusation of coercion due to a lack of evidence.

Meanwhile, the three-year lock for all football activities against him remains. The International Sports Court of CAS announced that it had rejected Rubiales’ objection to a corresponding sanction of the FIFA World Federation Association.