Jenny Hermoso’s brother and friend assured the Spanish National Court that Luis Rubiales and people associated with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) pressured the player to confirm the story that Rubiales gave her a kiss after consent was given women for the World Cup final. judicial sources cited by the Spanish newspaper elDiario.es.
Jenny Hermoso’s brother and friend were called to testify as witnesses in the case against Rubiales for alleged sex crimes.
In accordance with elDiario.esBoth “ratified and expanded” the footballer’s statements in her statement to the prosecutor’s office, “both regarding non-consent to kissing and coercion.” Hermoso said in a statement that she and her family and friends were subject to “constant and repeated pressure” from the former RFEF president and others associated with the federation to “justify and publicly endorse actions committed against her will.”
In his statement, Rubiales denied there was no consent and also denied harassing the player. As a precaution, the judge banned the former RFEF president from coming within two hundred meters of Hermoso or communicating with her during the investigation, reports elDiario.es.