Former Spain Football Chief Luis Rubiales, found guilty of sexual assault | News about women's rights

Rubialies are found guilty of sexual assault on footballer Jenny Hermoso, kissing her forcibly and ordering to pay a fine.

Spanish Court has found the former football chief Luis Rubiales GUILTY for a sexual attack for kissing footballer Jenny Hermoso without her consent after the World Cup final in 2023.

Rubiales, who was justified for coercion, received a fine of 10,000 euros ($ 10,455) on Thursday by the National Court of Audiencia. He was ordered not to enter a radius of Hermoso at 200 meters (660 feet) and forbidden to communicate with it for one year.

The incident threw a retracted Spain's victory At the World Women's World Cup in 2023, a debate on the sexism began, facing female athletes. 47-year-old Rubiales resigned In September 2023, against the background of widespread outrage.

While Hermoso has stated that the kiss is not consensus and told the court That she felt “disrespectful” by the act, Rubiales claims it was. He told the court on Tuesday that He stayed “Absolutely sure” that the kiss is consensus.

Prosecutors had been looking for prison For Rubiales, composed of one year for attack and 18 months for coercion, claiming that Rubiales and several prominent Spanish football officials have tried to force Hermos to say that the kiss is a consensus and downplay the incident.

The court refused to award Rubiales during prison and justified him all three teammates of coercion.

Judge Jose Manuel Fernandez-accepts that she believed in Hermono's testimony that she did not agree with the kiss. He ruled that sexual assault, “while always reproach,” was of little intensity because there is no violence or intimidation.

“The judge understands that, in view of the degree of attack, a kiss, that this is a sporadic act of the accused and that he does not need special rehabilitation for the crime, a monetary penalty must be chosen than the sentence of detention. “, Said the sentence.

The 34-year-old Hermos, the best goalkeeper of the Spanish female team, told the court earlier this month that the unsolicited kiss and the excitement that teammates followed testified that the incident had left her exhausted, crying and overwhelming.

“As a woman, I felt disbelief,” Hermoso said during the process.

“It is very important for me to say that at no time I have sought this act, let alone expect it.”