Luis Rubiales, the previous president of Spain’s soccer federation, has arrived at a courtroom in Madrid to offer testimony on Friday to a Spanish choose investigating his kiss of a participant on the Ladies’s World Cup.
Decide Francisco de Jorge issued the order earlier this week for Rubiales to reply his questions at Spain’s Nationwide Courtroom.
Rubiales kissed Spain ahead Jenni Hermoso on the lips in the course of the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on 20 August in Sydney, Australia. He mentioned she had consented to the kiss, however Hermoso has denied that repeatedly.
Rubiales didn’t converse earlier than getting into the courthouse along with his lawyer.
Spanish state prosecutors formally accused Rubiales final week of alleged sexual assault and an act of coercion when, based on Hermoso, he pressured her to talk out in his defence instantly after the scandal erupted.
Rubiales introduced on Sunday that he was resigning from his submit, from which he had already been provisionally suspended by FIFA.
De Jorge is finishing up the preliminary investigation into the accusations in opposition to Rubiales, and can then determine whether or not the case ought to go to trial.
In response to a sexual consent legislation handed in Spain final yr, Rubiales may face a tremendous or a jail sentence of 1 to 4 years if discovered responsible of sexual assault. The brand new legislation eradicated the distinction between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault,” sanctioning any non-consensual sexual act.
