Spanish prosecutors file sexual assault and coercion lawsuit in opposition to shamed FA president Luis Rubiales for Jenni Hermoso kiss after World Cup win

Spanish state prosecutors have filed a lawsuit in opposition to Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion for kissing a participant on the lips with out her consent after the Women’s World Cup closing, the nation’s prosecutors’ workplace stated on Friday.

Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips throughout the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on August 20 in Sydney, Australia.

Prosecutors offered the go well with to Spain’s Nationwide Court docket in Madrid two days after Hermoso formally accused Rubiales of sexual assault. 

In response to a sexual consent regulation handed final yr, Rubiales may face a advantageous or a prison sentence of one to four years if discovered responsible of sexual assault.

Prosecutors added on Friday that Rubiales may have dedicated an act of coercion when, in accordance with Hermoso, he pressured her to talk out in his defence instantly after the scandal erupted concerning his behaviour.

Luis Rubiales was pictured kissing Jenni Hermoso after final month’s World Cup closing – the suspended Spanish FA president has been hit with a sexual assault and coercion lawsuit

Hermoso (pictured) has claimed the kiss was non-consensual and filed a proper grievance

Rubiales may face a jail sentence of as much as 4 years if discovered responsible of sexual assault

Rubiales has insisted the kiss was consensual. Hermoso has denied that in statements issued by her and her gamers’ union.

Prosecutors have requested the choose that Rubiales seem earlier than a court docket to provide preliminary testimony.

If the Nationwide Court docket choose agrees the hear the case, it might result in a proper court docket investigation that may finish with a suggestion for the case to both be dismissed or go to trial.

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