Former Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has questioned if he’s going through trial for sexual assault “as a result of he is a person”.
Rubiales, 46, is because of go on trial for kissing Spain ahead Jenni Hermoso on the mouth after the ultimate of final summer time’s World Cup.
Hermoso and her team-mates stated the kiss was demeaning and not consensual, and Rubiales ultimately resigned.
In a Spanish TV interview Rubiales denied any wrongdoing with the kiss.
Rubiales informed La Sexta: “You can not query Jennifer Hermoso, however you’ll be able to query me – as a result of I’m a person? For me there isn’t any crime in opposition to Jennifer Hermoso.
“Whoever sees the pictures… I am unable to perceive that anybody would think about it a sexual assault.
“Those that are victims of all the things are my household and my mates.”
Spanish prosecutors need the ex-head of the nation’s soccer federation to be jailed for two and a half years, with Rubiales going through a cost of coercion along with the one for sexual assault.
Rubiales was alleged to have coerced Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual within the aftermath of the incident – one thing he denied within the TV interview.
Former La Liga defender Rubiales stated he “ought to have been colder and extra institutional” and “not have been so completely satisfied” following Spain’s 1-0 victory over England within the World Cup ultimate in Sydney, Australia in August 2023.
Individually, Rubiales was arrested on Wednesday as a part of an unconnected corruption investigation after he arrived in Madrid from the Dominican Republic.
He’s suspected of receiving unlawful commissions when negotiating a profitable deal to stage the Spanish Tremendous Cup competitors in Saudi Arabia.
Rubiales stated he has “declared all the things” having “by no means taken a bribe in my life” and known as the allegations “a lie”.
He stated that his financial institution accounts had been blocked and now he “cannot even pay” for a drink.
“If there’s an investigation, there should be a presumption of innocence,” Rubiales added.
