Three-year suspension of the Spanish Association President's qualification and withdrawal of the order to ban access...Hermoso's heart goes out, and I hope it's an important precedent
Feb 23, 2025
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On the 21st (Korean time), the Spanish High Court convicted Rubiales of sexual assault and fined him 10,800 euros (about 16.25 million won). It also ordered a ban on access and communication within a 200-meter radius of Hermoso for the next year. However, he was found not guilty of coercing Hermoso to tell him that the kiss was consensual.
Rubiales hugged midfielder Hermoso, who was on the podium at an award ceremony to celebrate the victory of the Spanish national team at the time, held his face with both hands and kissed him. Later, when a related question was asked during a live broadcast conducted by Hermoso through SNS in the locker room, he said "I didn't feel good."
As Rubiales' chairman became controversial, Hermoso was a phrase of intimacy" wrapped around him. However, he later changed his position and confessed his true feelings, saying, `I felt humiliated and should not be in any position.' Spain's women's national team players also declared that they would boycott the A-match until Rubiales stepped down as chairman.
Rubiales was eventually forced to step down as chairman and was investigated by Spanish prosecutors on charges of sexual assault by Hermoso's complaint. Spanish prosecutors sought a two-and-a-half-year prison term for kissing forced sexual assault and threatening to make statements.
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"This ruling will set an important precedent in this social environment where there is still a lot of work to be done," Hermoso said on his social media on the 23rd. "My heart is filled with many who have been with me in this fight, those who will be with me in the future."
The BBC reported that `Rubiales plans to appeal against the high court ruling.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
