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MADRID: Former Spanish football federation boss Luis Rubiales told a court on Tuesday (Feb 11) that player Jenni Hermoso had given her consent for him to kiss her in the aftermath of the Spain women's World Cup victory in 2023.
Spain manager Montse Tome on Monday denied “punishing” Jenni Hermoso by dropping her after ex-football federation chief Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed her at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.
Spain's former football federation chief Luis Rubiales gives his highly anticipated version of events on Tuesday in the trial over his forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso that sparked global outrage. The case has riveted the country since opening on February 3 and has turned Hermoso into an icon of the fight against macho culture and sexism in sport. Rubiales was forced to resign in disgrace in 2023 after kissing Hermoso on the lips following Spain's triumph at that year's Women's World Cup in Australia.
The brother of Jenni Hermoso and one of her teammates told a judge Wednesday in Madrid there were attempts to pressure the player into downplaying the unsolicited kiss by former Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales in the awards presentation ceremony following the 2023 Women's World Cup.
Spain men's coach Luis de la Fuente told a judge in the Luis Rubiales trial on Tuesday in Madrid that he did not get involved in discussions related to Jenni Hermoso following her World Cup kiss from the former Spanish soccer boss.
Spanish football may have triumphed on the international stage in both the men’s and women’s game in recent years, but off the pitch it remains embroiled in a series of court cases.
When the former president of Spain's Football Federation kissed a player from the national team who had just won the 2023 Women's World Cup, it sparked widespread outrage in Spain about sexism in sports and beyond.
Spain's World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso testified in the trial of former football federation boss Luis Rubiales on Monday, saying the kiss that triggered a national «Me Too» moment «ruined one of the happiest days of my life.»