Player of the Spanish National Team Jennifer Hermoso He arrived at the National Court at 9.50am to make a statement. Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), sexual assault and coercion For kissing the player on the mouth during the celebration of the World Cup victory in Australia and New Zealand.

Hermoso arrived at this special courthouse accompanied by his lawyer Ángel Chavarría and his representativeand there is another lawyer on trial in this investigation. After walking along the pedestrian path leading to the entrance gate, chatting with his friends, he entered this morning without addressing the members of the press gathered around.

It should be noted that the president of the Central Instruction Court No. 1, Francisco de Jorge, had first called him to testify as a witness on November 28, but two defense lawyers, including Rubiales himself, had requested his adjournment when they arrived on November 28. other judicial processes.

The actor testified before the Chief Prosecutor of the National Court, Marta Durántez, before the trial began. The actor later claimed that he was not respected. “They were exposing me to something I had never looked for or done in order to find myself in that 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 have mixed up.” The former president of the RFEF then jumped on him and commented: “We won this World Cup because of you.”

“I did not expect”

“The next thing they knew they were on my head and I didn’t hear anything else after that. I saw myself with a kiss on the lips and went straight down to the stage. “With my teammates,” Hermoso recalled when asked by the prosecutor. “I didn’t even expect this,” the athlete added. At this point, the footballer recalled that the World Cup victory was a “historical fact” and that it cost “a year”. life to achieve.”

“I could never have expected something like this to happen in the end (…) trustworthy person “I guess no one expected that I would use that moment to do something like that, no matter how spontaneous it was,” Hermoso said, explaining that when he got off the stage, he told his friend what happened with Rubiales. teammates Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes.

A consensual display of affection

Rubiales argued before the judge that the kiss happened. a “show of affection” that occurs “naturally”In the light of “millions of eyes” and “with consentHermoso’s lawyer argued that it was a “totally extraordinary celebration” and that she asked the actor before giving the kiss and that it was “consensual”.

“Yes, I asked before, how can I not respect him?When asked if he thought he respected the actor, he responded by kissing her on the mouth and then stated that Hermoso “died laughing” after that episode and gave him “two slaps on the side.”