Football Association president forced to kiss players, fined 10,800 euros...Avoid jail time

Football Association president forced to kiss players, fined 10,800 euros...Avoid jail time

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Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Association who forcibly kissed the player, was fined 10,800 euros (about 16.27 million won).

Former president Rubiales handed medals to Spain's women's soccer team players on the podium shortly after Spain won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023 and forced a kiss to Henifer Hermoso, sparking a huge controversy.

At the time, former chairman Rubiales is even accused of secretly threatening Hermoso, saying, "Tell me it was an agreement, not forced."

Prosecutors asked Rubiales to serve a total of two and a half years in prison with a year and a half for kissing and a year and a half for coercion, but the Spanish High Court ruled on the 21st (Korean time) that it was a "minor level of harassment" and did not sentence him to prison.

However, the court prohibited Rubiales from approaching within a 200-meter radius of Hermoso for a year.

Meanwhile, after the incident, protests demanding Rubiales' resignation were held across Spain, and more than 80 Spanish women's soccer players boycotted the national team.

Rubiales, who was met with public criticism, eventually resigned as chairman after three weeks.

"On the day of winning the World Cup, the happiest moment of my life, I had the worst pain of my life," Hermoso said in testimony earlier this month. 메이저사이트

On the other hand, Rubiales pleaded not guilty, saying, "Although the head of the agency was not suitable for what he should do on the podium, he still does not change the idea that it is not a crime."

British media BBC reported that "Rubiales is preparing an appeal."