2023-09-11 16:16:20
Luis Rubiales is already being investigated by the National Court for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion committed in relation to the kiss on the mouth that he planted on the world champion Jenni Hermoso in the women’s world cup final in australia. The head of the Central Court of Instruction 1 of the National Court, Francisco de Jorgehas accepted for processing the complaint presented by the Prosecutor’s Office last Friday and has agreed to the first investigations.
In his 4-page order, the magistrate agrees the first steps in this procedure, among them, collecting from RTVE the video or videos they have in their files that capture the moment from all angles in which the defendant kisses the complainant, as well as the minutes immediately before and after the event related to the celebration of the victory of the women’s soccer team.
Besides, requests from the newspaper ‘El País’ the video of the celebration in the locker room that has posted on the Internet and in the newspaper ‘As’ the moments of the kiss and any others related to the events. For his part, the instructor requests the video of the celebration on the bus of the Spanish women’s soccer team.
Besides, The resolution transfers Rubiales, who resigned on Sunday night as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation – as a defendant in the Prosecutor’s Office brief so that he knows the alleged facts and exercise your right of defense with all guarantees procedural.
“Constant and repeated pressure”
The order includes what was indicated in its writing by the Lieutenant Prosecutor Marta Durántez on the crime of coercion. According to the Public Ministry, during Hermoso’s statement, Hermoso said that both she and her family and people closest to her suffered. constant and repeated pressure from Luis Rubiales and his professional environment, to justify and approve the facts,
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In the opinion of the Prosecutor, this action can be considered harassment constituting a crime of coercion, punishable by up to three years in prison. The complaint added that this pressure occurred “against the development of life in peace, tranquility and freely” from the player, so he proposes that she be punished.
The judge also finds that, in principle -prima facie-, he is competent to hear these acts, which were committed outside Spanish territory, “provided that those criminally responsible were Spanish when the act was punishable at the place of execution”, to which is added the existence of a complaint filed by the injured party or the Prosecutor’s Office.
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