Luis Rubiales has announced that he will resign from the presidency of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), after three weeks of scandal following his forced kiss to Jenni Hermoso, after the final of the Women’s World Cup.
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For weeks now, Spanish players, several personalities from the world of football and part of the Spanish political class have been demanding his head, they have obtained it. Luis Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, announced this Sunday September 10 that he will present his resignation, exactly three weeks after forcibly kissing Jenni Hermoso after La Roja’s victory in the FIFA Cup final. feminine world.
” About my resignation, yes, I will, yes, because I can’t continue my work “, he said in an interview with English television journalist Piers Morgan. A statement that comes after weeks of a defense held tooth and nail by Rubiales. He always assured that the kiss was the result of mutual consent, and violently lambasted the ” fake feminists who had stepped up to denounce a sexual assault on his part.
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A complaint, investigations and a lot of pressure
The main concerned, Jenni Hermoso, had first assured, in a tone of fun in a live Instagram live from the locker room after the victory, that she had not wanted to kiss Rubiales, that she had “ not liked ” the kiss. Before denouncing the gesture a few days later, explaining that she felt “ vulnerable and victim of attack (…) without any consent on my part “.
She then filed a complaint on Wednesday August 6. An essential condition for the Spanish public prosecutor’s office, which had opened a preliminary investigation against Mr. Rubiales for “sexual assault” at the end of August, to be able to launch proceedings against the president of the Spanish federation, still suspended from office at that time.
In parallel with the investigations launched by the various institutions in which Luis Rubiales had activities, the political class also got involved in the file, from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to Yolanda Diaz, number two in the government in office and Iréné Montero , Minister for Equality. The last two having participated in demonstrations to denounce the attitude of Mr. Rubiales. The Spanish federation had also demanded his resignation and ” request forgiveness » for the gesture of its president.
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