Hermoso says that she did not want to be kissed and that she felt “vulnerable and victim of an aggression”. After weeks of resisting calls to step down as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rubiales finally quit on September 10th. Spanish criminal proceedingsRubiales appeared before a High Court judge on Friday over a complaint of sexual assault and coercion stemming from the allegedly unsolicited kiss. Rubiales had been provisionally suspended for three months from all football-related activities by world soccer governing body Fifa since August 26th. The TAD could also suspend its proceedings while the penal case is open, the source added.

Source: The Herald September 16, 2023 17:44 UTC