President of the Spanish Football Association By Luis Rubiales and the star player of the Spanish national football team Jennifer Hermonson The kissing incident has taken new turns in recent days.
The disciplinary committee of the international football association Fifa announced on Saturday that it has decided to temporarily ban Rubiales from all football-related activities at the national and international level. Fifa tells about it in a statement published on Saturday in his statement.
In addition, the disciplinary board has issued two additional orders, according to which Rubiales may not contact Hermoso or his close circle either by himself or through a third party.
The Spanish football federation RFEF said yesterday in his statementthat the union intends to take legal action regarding Jennifer Hermoso’s statement.
RFEF’s statement also included four pictures of Hermonso hugging Rubiales on the podium. According to the union, Hermoso used force to lift Rubiales’ feet off the ground. The union accuses Hermoso of lying.
– The evidence is convincing. The president did not lie, the statement states.
The union says that it has tried to contact Hermoso, but has not been able to get hold of him. Rubiales has issued a new statement on the subject on Saturday, says, among other things BBC. Rubiales said that he plans to defend himself in all the necessary bodies so that “the truth will prevail and his complete innocence will be proven”.
Hermoso on the other hand commented yesterday in his statement published on the X service events of last week. He says that he was the victim of a sexist act by the boss of the Spanish Football Association. According to her, the kiss with Rubiales happened against her will. In addition, Hermoso and 80 other national team players have decided to refuse to play for the national team as long as the federation’s “current management continues”.
– No one should be a victim of such non-consensual behavior in any work, sport or social context.
– I felt vulnerable, the victim of an impulsive and sexist, completely unrelated act without my consent.
On Saturday, 11 members of the Spanish women’s national soccer team’s coaching staff released a statement calling for Rubiales’ resignation. At the same time, the entire head coach Jorge Vildan the team resigned, says a Spanish journalist Semra Hunter. Vilda, on the other hand, is one of Rubiales’ supporters.
“Given the president’s unacceptable attitudes and statements, they have made the decision to relieve themselves of their duties,” Hunter said of the coaching staff’s statement.
Spanish reporter Guillem Balague explained on the BBC that the story has snowballed in Spain – especially because of the historic World Cup.
– I consider this one of the biggest weeks I can remember in the recent history of Spain – in a positive way – because this thing has shaken Spanish football and Spanish society.
– It’s an opportunity even for journalists writing about the story to make changes, to bring more women and people from minorities to the fore, to understand how the world really works and how it can be improved. So it’s a big opportunity to move things forward, Balague saw.
This is what this story is about
The scandal started last Sunday when the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Rubiales, kissed Hermoso. Rubiales was handing out awards to the Spanish team that won the world championship. Rubiales kissed other team players on the cheek.
A spokesman for the Spanish Football Federation told the news agency AFP at the time that it was a spontaneous party between two friends. At first, Hermoso defended Rubiales. According to him, it was “a natural gesture of affection”.
However, Rubiales’ action was rejected from several quarters. Many Spanish ministers and top players from both the women’s and men’s national teams condemned Rubiales’ actions. The chairman responded to the criticism by calling the critics idiots and fools. He later admitted that he had acted wrongly.
On Wednesday, Hermoso released a statement together with the Spanish Women’s Football Association condemning Rubiales’ actions. The Spanish Women’s Football League stated on Wednesday evening that Rubiales should be fired from her position.
The international football association Fifa announced on Thursday that it would initiate a disciplinary procedure regarding Rubiales’ activities. Even the Prime Minister of Spain has publicly criticized Rubiales’ actions.
On Friday, Rubiales declared at the union’s hearing that he intends to continue to be a happy and well-rounded man. He accused the media and his critics of a manhunt and threatened to file criminal charges against politicians who have accused him of misconduct. During the same day, the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office filed a sexual harassment case against Rubiales.
– The kiss was consensual. I know I was wrong, but who are you to persecute me. I don’t quit, I don’t quit, I don’t quit, I don’t quit! Rubiales declared and received thunderous applause from the people of the union supporting him.
Hermoso said in his statement on Friday that the event shocked him so much that he did not know how to react to the events, considering that the historic World Cup gold was being celebrated. Hermoso wrote that he was asked to make a joint statement in order to ease the pressure on the chairman.
“Using several people and means, the Spanish Football Association has pressured my close circle (family, friends, teammates) to make a statement that in no way reflects my feelings,” Hermoso wrote in his statement.