Spanish choose orders Rubiales to face questions in courtroom THIS WEEK over Hermoso kiss
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uis Rubiales, the previous president of Spain‘s soccer federation (RFEF), has been ordered to offer testimony to a Spanish choose investigating his kiss on Jenni Hermoso on the Women’s World Cup.
Judge Francisco de Jorge ordered Rubiales to reply his questions on Friday at Spain’s National Court in Madrid, in line with courtroom paperwork seen by The Associated Press.
Rubiales kissed Spain ahead Jenni Hermoso throughout the podium ceremony after the workforce had crushed England to win the title in Sydney, Australia. He claimed she had consented to the kiss, however Hermoso has denied that.
Spanish state prosecutors formally accused Rubiales final week of alleged sexual assault and an act of coercion when, in line with Hermoso, he pressured her to talk out in his defence instantly after the scandal erupted.
Rubiales announced on Sunday that he was resigning from his post, from which he had already been provisionally suspended by FIFA.
De Jorge is finishing up the preliminary investigation into the accusations towards Rubiales, and can then determine whether or not the case ought to go to trial.
According to a sexual consent regulation handed in Spain final yr, Rubiales might face a high quality or a jail sentence of 1 to 4 years if discovered responsible of sexual assault. The new regulation eradicated the distinction between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault”, sanctioning any non-consentual sexual act.