The previous president of the Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales has requested if he’s going through a trial for sexual assault “as a result of he’s a person”.
Rubiales, 46, is about to go on trial for kissing Spain ahead Jenni Hermoso on the mouth after final summer time's World Cup remaining.
Hermoso and his teammates mentioned the kiss was humiliating and not consensualand Rubiales lastly resigned.
In a Spanish tv interview Rubiales has denied any wrongdoing with the kiss.
Rubiales advised La Sexta: “You possibly can't ask Jennifer Hermoso, however you may ask me – why am I a person? For me there is no such thing as a crime in opposition to Jennifer Hermoso.
“Whoever sees the pictures… I can't perceive why anybody would take into account this a sexual assault.
“Those that are victims of every thing are my household and my mates.”
Spanish prosecutors need the previous head of the nation's soccer federation to be imprisoned two and a half yearswith Rubiales going through a cost of coercion along with that of sexual assault.
Rubiales was accused of forcing Hermoso to say the kiss was consensual after the incident – one thing he denied in TV interviews.
Former Liga defender Rubiales mentioned he “ought to have been colder and extra institutional” and “wasn't so blissful” afterwards. Spain's 1-0 win over England within the World Cup finals in Sydney, Australia in August 2023.
Individually, Rubiales was arrested on Wednesday as a part of an unrelated 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 mentioned he has “declared every thing” having “by no means taken a bribe in my life” and referred to as the allegations “a lie”.
He mentioned his financial institution accounts have been frozen and now he “can't even pay” for a drink.
“If there may be an investigation, there have to be a presumption of innocence,” Rubiales added.
