Luis Rubiales, former head of the Soccer Federation of Spain, was sentenced on Thursday for sexual aggression for having strongly kissed a member of the women’s national team on the lips after the team won the women’s world 2023.
The kiss of the player of Mr. Rubiales, Jennifer Hermoso, triggered a national scandal, has deepened debates on long -standing sexism in Spanish football and has become a watershed moment in the #metoo movement of Spain.
On Thursday, a Spanish court also fined Mr. Rubiales 10,800 euros, about $ 11,270, but was not sentenced to prison. He clarified him from a separate accusation of coercion.
Mrs. Hermoso said that the kiss was not consensual, that Mr. Rubiales contested. Speaking in a courtroom near Madrid at the beginning of this month, he said: “Don’t win a world cup every day”, and added that he had kissed other players at celebrating moments.
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