Luis Rubiales’s mom goes on starvation strike over ‘inhumane’ remedy of son
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he mom of under-fire Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales has locked herself inside a church and introduced a starvation strike in protest at her son’s “inhumane treatment” over his unsolicited kiss on World Cup profitable Jenni Hermoso.
Angeles Bejar mentioned her strike would final “until a solution is found to the inhumane and bloody hunt they are carrying out against my son with something he does not deserve”, in line with EFE news company.
Rubiales was suspended on Saturday by FIFA following his kiss on the mouth of the nationwide group star through the awards ceremony after Spain’s World Cup win in Sydney.
According to EFE, Bejar stayed contained in the parish church of Divina Pastora in Rubiales’ hometown in southern Spain, Motril, together with her sister after the parish priest left.
She requested Hermoso to inform the reality and “stick to the version she gave at the beginning”, EFE added.
“There is no sexual abuse since there is consent on both sides, as the images prove,” Bejar informed EFE as she questioned “why they’re taking it out on him” and what “is behind this whole story”.
“My son is incapable of hurting anyone,” Bejar mentioned.
Rubiales, 46, has been defiant over the kiss – which has been condemned as undesirable by Hermoso, her group mates and the Spanish authorities – arguing it was consensual.
At a federation assembly on Friday the place he had been extensively anticipated to step down, Rubiales as a substitute refused to give up, looking for to defend his behaviour and calling the kiss “spontaneous, mutual, euphoric and consensual”.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has issued an announcement for him, saying Rubiales “will defend himself legally in the competent bodies” to show “his complete innocence”.
Hermoso mentioned she didn’t consent to the kiss and felt “vulnerable and the victim of an aggression”.