Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish soccer federation president ... Through the trial, Rubiales maintained the kiss was consensual. Hermoso said earlier this month that the moment "stained one ...

Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, was found guilty of sexual assault on Thursday, Feb. 19, for forcibly kissing star soccer player Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 World ...

Outside the court’s decision, Rubiales previously begrudgingly resigned from his position due to outrage over the incident and was banned from women’s soccer for three years by FIFA.

Jenni Hermoso has broken her silence after her employer was found guilty of sexual assault for kissing her at the World Cup.

Former Spanish football president Luis Rubiales was found guilty of sexual assault and fined more than €10,000 (£8,400) for ...

Spain’s high court on Thursday found Luis Rubiales, the former president of the country’s national soccer federation, guilty of sexual assault over his nonconsensual kiss of player Jenni ...

MADRID (AP) — Former Spanish soccer boss Luis ... she didn't give any importance to the kiss when it happened. Rubiales resigned under pressure three weeks after the scandal surfaced and was banned by ...

International football’s governing body, FIFA, opened disciplinary ... A recent reform of the Spanish penal code classified a nonconsensual kiss as sexual assault. Following the verdict ...

The trial stemmed from an unwanted kiss he gave an athlete. Former Spanish soccer federation president ... In October 2023, Rubiales was banned by FIFA from all soccer activities for three years.

MADRID (AP) — Former Spanish soccer ... but resigned after FIFA suspended him and opened a disciplinary case. During his testimony, he said he regretted the kiss because it wasn't the right ...

Rubiales said Hermoso consented to the kiss but she denied it. Three other former Spanish federation members ... the scandal surfaced and was banned by FIFA for three years. He had said he was ...