Laia Codina confirms before judge that Jenni Hermoso was subjected to pressure after Rubiales’ kiss

Legal sources confirmed this to Europa Press in their statement in the presence of the chief of general staff. Central Instruction Court No. 1Francisco de Jorge, Codina, approved the version presented by Hermoso in his statement to the Prosecutor’s Office.

When Codina entered the headquarters, it was minutes before 9.30 in the morning. Pontevedra CourtsSince the match started there at 10:00, they have been concentrating on the Women’s National Team, which will face Italy.

The football player avoided speaking to the crowd of media waiting for him as he left around 11.30am. A Federation van was waiting for him right at the door of the courts, so Codina ran the distance between them, barely ten metres. vehicle construction.

It is worth remembering that Hermoso testified before the deputy prosecutor of the National Court: Marta Durantez, before the lawsuit was filed. The actor later claimed that he was not respected. “They were subjecting me to something I never sought or did to find myself in this situation,” he explained.

In the prosecutor’s statement revealed by Telecinco, the football player described the moment he received her kiss after Spain won the Women’s World Cup. According to his story, he hugged Rubiales and said: “We screwed up.” The former president of the RFEF then jumped on him and commented: “Thanks to you, we won this World Cup.”

When asked by the prosecutor, Hermoso recalled, “The next thing was his hands were on my head and then I didn’t hear anything else. I saw myself with the kiss on my mouth and I immediately went down to the stage with my friends.” “I didn’t even expect this,” the athlete added. At this point, the football player remembered that the World Cup victory was a victory. The “historical truth” that “cost a life to attain.”

“I could never have expected something like this to happen in the end (…) From a reliable person, no matter how spontaneous, I think no one would have expected that he would use that moment to do something like this,” Hermoso reproached, and when he got off the stage, he told his teammates what happened with Rubiales. He also explained what he said. Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes.

It should be noted that Codina was the fourth player to appear before the referee, after teammates Alexia Putellas, Misa Rodríguez and Irene Paredes. These statements are part of the case trainer explores Rubiales He was sued for sexual assault and coercion after he kissed her during World Cup victory celebrations in Australia and New Zealand. On January 2, the judge will hear from Jenni Hermoso, the main victim of the case.

Rubiales’ version

Rubiales argued before the judge that the kiss was a joke. “naturally” occurring “show of affection”, he said, in the light of “millions of eyes” and that it was “with consent.” Hermoso’s lawyer argued that it was a “totally extraordinary celebration”, that she asked the actor before giving him the kiss, and that it was “consensual”.

“How could I not have respected him if I had asked him before?” When asked if he respected the actor, he responded by kissing her on the mouth and then stated that Hermoso “died laughing” after this episode and gave him “two slaps on the side.”

However, in his statement before the Prosecutor’s Office, revealed by Telecinco’s ‘Código 10’ program, Hermoso explained that the kiss was not consensual and that he did not feel respected as a person and as a football player. “They were subjecting me to something I had never sought or done in order to find myself in that situation.” alertness.