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Demands retrial of scandal kiss trial

The Prosecution Authority demands that the trial against the former Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales be retried. In their appeal of the verdict, the prosecutors claim that the judge was not "impartial".

Demands retrial of scandal kiss trial

Hermoso after the verdict: "My heart is full"

Football star Jennifer Hermoso has spoken out after the verdict against the former Spanish federation boss Luis Rubiales. "Much remains to be done", she writes on Instagram.

Hermoso after the verdict: "My heart is full"

Hermoso appeals scandal kiss verdict

Football star Jennifer Hermoso will appeal the verdict against the former Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales. He has been convicted of sexual assault for kissing Hermoso on the mouth after the World Championship final in 2023.

Hermoso appeals scandal kiss verdict

What has happened in the Rubiales case

A Spanish court has convicted Luis Rubiales for the scandalous kiss at the World Championship in football. The road to the verdict was marked by, among other things, player boycott, suspension, and trial.

What has happened in the Rubiales case

"It's about respect for people"

Luis Rubiales is convicted for the scandalous kiss during the gold celebration in the Football World Championship. Positive, thinks Sweden's national team captain Peter Gerhardsson.

"It's about respect for people"

Rubiales appeals scandalous kiss verdict

Luis Rubiales will appeal the conviction for having kissed national team player Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth after the World Championship final 2023. This is announced by the former chairman of the Spanish Football Association through his lawyer to AFP.

Rubiales appeals scandalous kiss verdict

The Prosecutor on the Kiss: "No Doubt"

The former Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales claims that he asked Jennifer Hermoso if he could kiss the star during the celebration of Spain's World Championship gold. Something that prosecutor Marta Durantez Gil does not buy at all.

The Prosecutor on the Kiss: "No Doubt"

"Asked if I could kiss her"

The former Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales – and a lip reader – claims that he asked star player Jennifer Hermoso if he could kiss her during the World Championship celebrations. I am completely sure that she gave her consent, says Rubiales when he testifies during the trial.

"Asked if I could kiss her"

Teammate about Hermoso: "Felt pressured"

Both teammate Misa Rodriguez and Jennifer Hermoso's brother Rafael testified on the third day of the trial against Luis Rubiales. .

Teammate about Hermoso: "Felt pressured"

Hermoso: Rubiales tried to silence me

In the trial against the former Spanish football chairman Luis Rubiales, football star Jennifer Hermoso claims that Rubiales tried to silence her after the unwelcome kiss following the World Championship final. "I told him that 'you know what you've done' and that he should go there," she says.

Hermoso: Rubiales tried to silence me

He risks imprisonment for the scandalous kiss

It was the kiss that shook the football world and led to a new #metoo wave in Spain. Luis Rubiales risks a prison sentence of two and a half years.

He risks imprisonment for the scandalous kiss

Trial against Rubiales set for February next year

In May, the court in Madrid announced that Spain's former football chairman Luis Rubiales would be brought to trial after giving Jennifer Hermoso a kiss following the World Championship gold last year, a kiss that Hermoso had not given her consent to. .

Trial against Rubiales set for February next year