The National Court judge who gave the order ‘Rubiales case’ Spanish football team player Jenni Hermoso’s friend Ana Belén Ecube, who had previously testified as a witness, agreed to suspend the clash scheduled for November 30 between RFEF’s marketing director Rubén Rivera. An investigation is ongoing due to the possibility of putting pressure on the football player.

Legal sources confirmed to Europa Press that the judge made this decision after Rivera requested to suspend the confrontation, considering his defense unacceptable.

Judge Francisco de Jorge, president of the Central Instruction Court No. 1, accepted the request when he realized that it was still available. Other actions pending execution and corrected his initial decision to conduct the confrontation initially requested by Hermoso’s defense, holding that this procedure was “sufficient and valid because it observed the inconsistency between the statements of both parties.”

Sources consulted indicated that the instructor acknowledged the following: Suspension contrary to prosecutorial criteriaopposed the reform objection in which the suspension was sought.

Rivera and Ecube’s speech in Ibiza

It is useful to remember this Ana Belén Ecube He went to testify at the National Court on September 25, the same day the veteran actor’s brother testified. He later supported Hermoso’s testimony before the magistrate, according to legal sources consulted by Europa Press; Here he stated that the kiss was not consensual and that there was coercion behind it.

Rubén Rivera, on the other hand, testified before the judge as a defendant on October 10 and denied participating in the repression being investigated. Moving to Ibiza, where the players were celebrating winning the World Cup, Rivera would explain that his job was to convey the information from the RFEF to the players. In his words, his presence on the island was like a qualified ambassador.

Along these lines, Rivera maintained that she was there to help everyone by performing tasks such as purchasing bikinis, summer clothes, or tickets to clubs. He also denied speaking to Rubiales or giving him any clues. Yes he accepted it He approached Hermoso only to warn her that they were looking for him and to keep his eye on the phone.

Rivera also revealed that the actor talked to a friend about logistics with Ecube. In this conversation, he also tried to persuade his friend to agree to talk to Hermoso’s National Team director Albert Luque, but this conversation never took place.