Former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales has telderly a court that he was “toloftyy stateive” joiner Jenni Hermoso consented to him kissing her.
Rubiales is on trial in Madrid accparticipated of relationsual aggression for kissing Hermoso on the lips after Spain won the Women’s World Cup in Sydney in August 2023.
Giving evidence today, he telderly the court that he asked Ms Hermoso if he could kiss her before it happened.
“When Jenny came up to me, she benevolent of made a face. We’ve comprehendn each other for a extfinished time. Obviously, the kiss was becaparticipate we became champions.
“She’d leave outed a penalty and with all the tension during the game, I shelp, ‘forget about the penalty – we’re champions and this is down to you. Without you, we wouldn’t have done it’.
“And she hugged me very, very difficult equitable below my armpits and lifted me off the ground.
“When I benevolent of hit the ground aget, I shelp, ‘can you can I give you a kiss?’ and she shelp, ‘okay’,” he claimed.
The 47-year-elderly is also accparticipated of finisheavoring to coerce Ms Hermoso – with the help of three other establisher soccer federation officials – into uncoverly saying the kiss was consensual.
He denies the indicts.
The ensuing affair after the kiss eclipsed Spain’s first women’s World Cup triumph and showd a tipping point for efforts by Spain’s female joiners to expose relationsism and accomplish parity with male counterparts.
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