2023-09-08 12:33:30
The Spanish Prosecutor’s Office has filed a complaint in the National Court against Luis Rubialessuspended president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), whom he asks to investigate for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion in relation to the kiss he gave to the player Jenni Hermoso after the World Cup final in Sydney.
The Public Ministry affirms that her actions were not consensual and, therefore, may constitute a crime of sexual assault and another of coercion due to the pressure that the soccer player suffered to justify the episode, so it requests the Court to open a case against the suspended director of the RFEF.
The Prosecutor’s Office, as reported in a statement, has taken legal action against Rubiales after the player appeared last Tuesday to formalize her complaint and confirmed that the events occurred without her consent.
In said appearance, Hermoso recounted the constant and repeated pressure that both she and her closest circle suffered from Rubiales. and her professional environment to publicly approve the kiss her superior gave her, while he grabbed her head with both hands, during the trophy ceremony for the Women’s World Cup on August 20.
The lieutenant prosecutor of the National Court, Marta Durántezrelates in his complaint that Hermoso suffered “a situation of harassment, against the development of their life in peace, tranquility and freely”which could constitute a crime of coercion by Rubiales.
It also requests that the Australian authorities be consulted if the actions of the suspended executive constitute a crime in the country, a requirement provided for in the Organic Law of the Judiciary (LOPJ) for the Spanish jurisdiction to investigate crimes that have allegedly been committed in the country. foreign if its alleged authors are Spanish.
The Prosecutor’s Office mentions in its complaint the Istanbul Convention of the fight against violence against women, through which Spain assumed the commitment to “protect women against all forms of violence, and prevent, prosecute and eliminate violence against women and domestic violence”and that it will apply “to all forms of violence against women.”
After this step by the Prosecutor’s Office, the court of the National Court to which the complaint falls must decide whether or not to open criminal proceedings against Rubiales. All this in criminal proceedings, since in the administrative case Rubiales has a file open in the Administrative Court of Sports (TAD) after a complaint filed by the Higher Sports Council (CSD).
Rubiales is temporarily suspended from his duties as president by FIFA, while it investigates his behavior during the World Cup final, in which he also grabbed his genitals in the box while celebrating the victory of the Spanish National Team.
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