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 season’s World Cup.
Hermoso and her team-mates stated the kiss was demeaning and not consensual, and Rubiales in the end resigned.
In a Spanish TV interview Rubiales denied any wrongdoing with the kiss.
Rubiales instructed La Sexta: “You can’t query Jennifer Hermoso, however you may query me – as a result of I’m a person? For me there is no such thing as a crime towards Jennifer Hermoso.
“Whoever sees the pictures… I can not perceive that anybody would think about it a sexual assault.
“Those that are victims of every little thing are my household and my associates.”
Spanish prosecutors need the ex-head of the nation’s soccer federation to be jailed for 2 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 glad” 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 every little thing” 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 have to be a presumption of innocence,” Rubiales added.