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"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"

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