2023-09-27 13:20:41
BarcelonaThe judge of the National Court Francisco de Jorge has cited as investigated the former women’s soccer coach Jorge Vilda and two more positions of trust of Luis Rubiales on October 10 as part of the investigation initiated following Jennifer’s complaint Beautiful for the forced kiss during the celebration of the World Cup. Apart from Vilda, the magistrate also charges the director of the men’s national team, the Catalan Albert Luque, and the marketing director of the RFEF, Rubén Rivera. Initially, their condition during the investigation was that of witnesses, but De Jorge has decided to change it to that of investigated.
The news comes 19 days after the Prosecutor’s Office filed a complaint against Rubiales for a crime of sexual assault and another of coercion, but especially after the brother of the alleged victim claimed in court that Vilda pressured him and a friend of Hermoso on the occasion of the kiss. As for Luque and Rivera, it was the Pachuca forward who implicated them in the pressure she received to say that the kiss was consented, as she defended in her first statement Rubiales, who is prohibited from any communication with beautiful
After winning the World Cup, the world champions traveled to Ibiza to celebrate the great success. Important officials from the RFEF were also there, such as Luque, director of the men’s national team, and Rivera, director of marketing. But, rather than being part of the celebration, his role there consisted of trying to put out the fire caused by Rubiales’ kiss in Hermoso. “The man has always liked football more than the woman,” said Luque in an interview with Efe after the 2022 edition of the Spanish Super Cup when he was asked why they had met very few women during the matches held in Riyadh.
Luque and Rivera keep their jobs at the RFEF, but they were singled out by the statement that the players issued asking for changes to the organization so that the selection would be a safe space. At the moment, only general secretary Andreu Camps and director of integrity Miguel García Caba, who will testify this Thursday as a witness, have lost their jobs together with the national team’s press officer, Patricia Pérez. Next week, specifically on Monday, October 2, Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez will also offer their version of events.
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