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Former Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales will testify earlier than the High Court in Madrid on Friday over his allegedly unsolicited kiss on the lips of World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso, the court docket stated on Tuesday.
The incident, on the medal ceremony following the Spanish ladies’s crew’s World Cup victory in Sydney, Australia, final month, unleashed a wave of indignation in opposition to sexism and macho behaviour in Spain.
Rubiales had refused calls for from many gamers, sports activities our bodies and politicians to stop his place as president of the Royal Spanish Football, saying he had performed nothing improper and the kiss was mutual and consensual.
However, the furore didn’t die down and on Sunday he resigned after Hermoso lodged a prison criticism in opposition to him.
He will seem earlier than the court docket at midday on Friday.
The criticism by Hermoso describes how Rubiales kissed her on the mouth “without her consent” whereas holding her head with each arms after Spain defeated England within the ladies’s World Cup closing on August 20. The incident place in entrance of a world tv viewers.
High Court choose Francisco de Jorge is in control of the probe because the incident happened outdoors Spain.
Rubiales has not responded to Reuters’ questions concerning the case.
