2023-09-15 11:40:31
The already resigned president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, arrived after eleven in the morning this Friday at the National Court, where Judge Francisco de Jorge will interrogate him as an investigator for alleged sexual assault and coercion in relationship with the kiss on the mouth that he gave to national team player Jenni Hermoso on August 20, at the World Cup trophy presentation in Sydney.
Rubiales, assisted by lawyer Olga Tobau – who has already defended public figures such as former Mossos d’Escuadra Major Josep Lluís Trapero, investigated by the 1-O police operation – has not made any statement to his arrival at the judicial body where he had been summoned at twelve noon, limiting himself to greeting the official at the entrance.
The judicial summons has created great media excitement, which is why dozens of journalists gathered early in the morning in the vicinity of the judicial body.
Keys
The keys to the criminal procedure opened against Rubiales will be to analyze whether there was consent and whether there was any type of sexual intention on the part of the manager when he attacked the world champion before television cameras around the world.
Jorge takes a statement from Rubiales after having access to the results of the first proceedings in this procedure, including the referral by RTVE, El País, La Vanguardia and the newspaper As different videos that capture the moment of the kiss to the player “from all angles”, as well as the subsequent celebrations. The interrogation will focus on the content of these images, as well as what Hermoso stated before the Prosecutor’s Office in his statement last week.
In his resolution, the judge focused on what the Prosecutor’s Office stated in its brief regarding the crime of coercion. According to the Public Ministry, during her statement Hermoso said that she, her family and those closest to her suffered constant and repeated pressure from Luis Rubiales and his professional environment, to justify and approve the facts, which the Ministry Public considers that it can be considered harassment punishable by up to three years in prison. The complaint added that this pressure occurred “against the development of the player’s life in peace, tranquility and freedom.”
Thus, the specific facts for which Rubiales will be questioned are the kiss he gave Hermoso “while he grabbed her head with both hands (…) without her consent,” according to the Prosecutor’s complaint, in addition to the “the constant and repeated pressure” that both the player and her closest environment – family and friends – suffered from the president of the Federation “with the aim of publicly justifying and approving the act committed against her will” .
Without consent
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For the moment, both before the Assembly held at the Federation headquarters on August 25 and in subsequent public interventions, Rubiales has denied that his action took place without the player’s consent, as well as any lubricious spirit when comparing the kiss in Hermoso’s mouth with which he could give one of his daughters
On the other hand, in the legal basis of his resolution, the magistrate already pointed out that the complaint filed by the lieutenant prosecutor, Marta Durántez, relates actions that could constitute a crime and pointed out that the matter is within the jurisdiction of the National Court since they are facts that occurred outside the national territory and that involve Spaniards.
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