- Title: REFILE: Timeline of former Spanish soccer chief Rubiales' trial
- Date: 10th February 2025
- Summary: SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES, SPAIN (FEBRUARY 10, 2025) (SPAIN HIGH COURT POOL) TOME SITTING DOWN TO TESTIFY (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPAIN WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH, MONTSE TOME, SAYING: “I did not know the extent of the situation. I did not experience it first hand nor was I in any conversation about it. As I said, I did not witness the kiss.” TOME DURING TRIAL (SOUNDBITE
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- Keywords: Jenni Hermoso Jennifer Hermoso Luis Rubiales Putellas Spain national soccer team Tome Women football World Cup kiss unsolicited kiss
- Location: SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES & SANT FELIU DE LLOBREGAT, SPAIN
- City: SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES & SANT FELIU DE LLOBREGAT, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA008834103022025RP1
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- Story Text: A Spanish prosecutor has asked for a re-trial after the High Court sentence convicting the former head of the country's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, for kissing national team player Jenni Hermoso without her consent, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday (March 6).
Last month, the court found Rubiales guilty of sexual assault and fined him over 10,000 euros ($10,798) in a case that sparked a nationwide furore.
The ruling also acquitted him and three co-defendants of a charge of coercion. The prosecution had sought 2-1/2 years' prison for the former soccer federation chief.
In the appeal seen by Reuters, prosecutor Marta Durantez requested the trial be repeated, arguing that evidence and many of her questions were not admitted.
Durantez said that the fine and the additional 3,000 euros in compensation awarded to Hermoso were very low.
Rubiales and Hermoso have said they will appeal the ruling.
The kiss at the 2023 World Cup awards ceremony in Sydney provoked a heated debate in Spain about sexism in women's football and wider Spanish society, prompting a movement similar to the "Me Too" campaign on social media.
The ensuing scandal overshadowed Spain's victory in the tournament.
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