The program ‘Código 10’ on Telecinco revealed the testimony of Jenni Hermoso, a player of the Spanish team, before the Chief Prosecutor of the National Court, Marta Durántez, in which she described how she experienced the events that led her to file a complaint. against Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and how it affected him.
“It was never consensual. I didn’t feel respected, neither as a player nor as a person.. I was experiencing something historic and I thought something like that would have consequences. “I did nothing to find myself in this situation,” Pachuca’s current player said of the incident in the Sydney final.
In his statement, the Spanish national player describes the moments before the kiss. “The first thing I said when I hugged him was ‘what a bad situation we are in’. He jumped on me, and I was determined to support him. He said to the one who came down, ‘we won this world’.” ‘The cup thanks me’. “What I remember is that his hands were on my head and I don’t remember hearing anything else,” the footballer says in his first episode, in a version that overlaps with Rubiales’.
“I didn’t expect this, I didn’t expect this on that stage… It was the World Cup medal ceremony. There were a lot of emotions, a lot of joy, but I didn’t look for that moment or do anything to make this happen,” the football player complained about Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss. He clearly states that he was left in a state of “shock” after taking it.
“It was a historical event, it cost our lives, I could never have expected something like this to happen. I hugged the queen, her daughter… Rubiales was a reliable person, I did not think he would do this.” something like this. “I didn’t have time to react, I immediately went down to the stage and the first thing I did was tell my two teammates, Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes,” the actress continues, visibly moved by her story.
“Reaction capacity? No, I didn’t even expect it. Just like I expected on that stage, in a World Cup final… There is a lot of emotion and happiness, but I didn’t look for that moment and I don’t know anything about why that event happened. At that moment, I saw myself and “When I came down, I told my teammates about this,” he said.
The world champion confirms that “I experienced something historic” and maintains that he thought “something like this would have consequences” because he “didn’t do anything to find myself in this situation.” As soon as the nonconsensual kiss took place, Hermoso called out Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes: “I told them: ‘Hey, Rubiales just kissed me on the mouth.’ These words were confirmed by his colleagues in his judicial statement.
“At that moment of excitement… I misunderstood and understood that the Queen was kissing him. I didn’t care much because it was a moment when they were going to bring us the cup. I said to him in the dressing room: ‘This is not good,’ Paredes said in his statement. Alexia Putellas also testified in the same direction, saying, He stated that he understood the seriousness of the incident when he saw the footage while on the bus.