A Spanish prosecutor is reportedly in search of a jail sentence for the previous soccer boss who kissed a feminine participant after Spain received the ladies’s World Cup.
Luis Rubiales, 46, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s 1-0 closing win over England final August in Sydney.
Hermoso, 33, has testified in courtroom that the kiss was not consensual.
Marta Durantez, a prosecutor at Spain’s Excessive Courtroom, has charged Rubiales with one rely of sexual assault and one in every of coercion for his alleged actions within the aftermath of the kiss, Reuters reported.
The offences carry jail phrases of 1 yr and one-and-a-half years respectively,
Ms Durantez has additionally accused the previous coach of Spain’s ladies’s nationwide staff Jorge Vilda, the staff’s present sporting director Albert Luque and the federation’s head of selling Ruben Rivera of coercing Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual.
All three denied wrongdoing after they appeared earlier than the courtroom in Madrid, Reuters stated.
Ms Durantez can also be in search of damages of £43,000 from Rubiales for Hermoso, with one other £43,000 to be paid collectively by Rubiales, Vilda, Luque and Rivera.
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Had been Rubiales to be convicted and given the sentences Ms Durantez is recommending, he wouldn’t essentially go to jail.
Spain’s felony code permits judges to droop a sentence if – as on this case – no sentence exceeds two years individually.
Rubiales was banned from all football-related activities for three years final October, FIFA stated.
World soccer’s governing physique discovered Rubiales had breached article 13 of FIFA’s disciplinary code after kissing Hermoso.
In January, a Spanish decide stated Rubiales should stand trial over the kiss.