Former Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has questioned if he’s dealing with trial for sexual assault “as a result of he is a person”.
Rubiales, 46, is because of go on trial for kissing Spain ahead Jenni Hermoso on the mouth after the ultimate of final summer time’s World Cup.
Hermoso and her team-mates stated the kiss was demeaning and not consensual, and Rubiales ultimately resigned.
In a Spanish TV interview Rubiales denied any wrongdoing with the kiss.
Rubiales instructed La Sexta: “You can not query Jennifer Hermoso, however you may query me – as a result of I’m a person? For me there isn’t any crime towards Jennifer Hermoso.
“Whoever sees the photographs… I can not perceive that anybody would take into account it a sexual assault.
“Those that are victims of every part are my household and my associates.”
Spanish prosecutors need the ex-head of the nation’s soccer federation to be jailed for two and a half years, with Rubiales dealing with a cost of coercion along with the one for sexual assault.
Rubiales was alleged to have coerced Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual within the aftermath of the incident – one thing he denied within the TV interview.
Former La Liga defender Rubiales stated he “ought to have been colder and extra institutional” and “not have been so blissful” following Spain’s 1-0 victory over England within the World Cup last in Sydney, Australia in August 2023.
Individually, Rubiales was arrested on Wednesday as a part of an unconnected 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 stated he has “declared every part” having “by no means taken a bribe in my life” and known as the allegations “a lie”.
He stated that his financial institution accounts had been blocked and now he “cannot even pay” for a drink.
“If there may be an investigation, there have to be a presumption of innocence,” Rubiales added.
