Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, was convicted on Thursday of sexually assaulting a player when he kissed her without her consent after the victory of the team’s women’s World Cup in 2023.
The Superior Court of Spain ordered Rubiales to pay a fine of around $ 10,400 and absorbed it with coercion charges, according to Reuters. He was also restricted from leaving less than 200 meters from the football player and communicating with her for a year.
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The former president of the Football Federation of Spain, Luis Rubiales, is in a courtroom on the outskirts of Madrid on Monday, February 3, 2025. (Moya girl, photo of the pool through AP, file)
Jenni Hermoso accused Rubiales of kissing her without her consent when Spain celebrated the victory of the team over England. Through the trial, Rubiales maintained that the kiss was consensual.
Beautiful said earlier this month that the moment “stained one of the happiest days of my life.”
Rubiales was pressed from his position as football president of Spain in 2023, resigning while prohibited by FIFA for three years despite an initial press conference where he reiterated that he would not resign. Rubiales said in that speech that he was the victim of a “witch hunt” of “false feminist.”
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The then president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales Besa Jennifer Hermoso in Spain during the Medal of the FIFA Women’s Cup Medal Australia and New Zealand 2023 Match between Spain and England in Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney. (Noemi llamas/eurasia sport images/getty images)
From the incident, Hermoso said she has had trouble escaping, especially in Mexico, where she plays for her club team among her duties for her country.
The former coach of the National Women’s Team of Spain, Jorge Vilda, former sports director of the national male team of Spain, Albert Luque, and the former Marketing Chief of the Football Federation, Rubén Rivera, are also in trial for presumably pressing Beautiful to publicly defend Rubiales after the incident.
They were declared not guilty, according to Reuters.
The then president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, speaks during a meeting of the General Emergency Assembly in Las Rondas, on Friday, August 25, 2023. (Spanish Royal Football Federation/Europa Press through AP)
Beautiful and prosecutors sought a jail sentence for Rubiales.
