MADRID: Spanish football player Jenni Hermoso has filed a legal complaint against the country’s football federation head Luis Rubiales’s forced kiss after Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup against England, Spain’s prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday.
According to the country’s prosecutor’s office, Jenni Hermoso gave her evidence on the matter, and the legal petition will be processed immediately.
Spanish Player Files Complaint Against Luis Rubiales
After the new development, Luis Rubiales could face criminal charges in addition to the current probe by Spain’s Sports Court for ” misconduct” and an inquiry by FIFA, which has also suspended Rubiales from the post.
Earlier, Spain’s football federation appointed Montse Tome to replace the fired Jorge Vilda as the women’s team coach, making her the first female to manage the country’s football team, it said on Tuesday.
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In a statement, the football federation said that Montse Tome had been Jorge Vilda’s associate coach since 2018 and has since “recognized herself as a main player in the team’s growth”. Jorge Vilda’s contract was finished earlier on Tuesday by the football federation’s new board, which was constituted following the suspension of the federation President Luis Rubiales by FIFA over his allegedly non-consensual kiss of a player following the team won the Women’s World Cup against England.
