Former Royal Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of nationwide crew participant Jenni Hermoso after a Excessive Court docket choose admitted the case, the courtroom stated Wednesday.
Rubiales faces one depend of sexual assault and one in every of coercion for his alleged actions within the aftermath of the kiss.
The offences carry jail phrases of 1 yr and 18 months, respectively.
The Excessive Court docket stated it might additionally strive the previous coach of the ladies’s nationwide crew Jorge Vilda, the crew’s present sporting director Albert Luque and the federation’s head of selling Ruben Rivera.
All three stand accused of coercing Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual.
Rubiales, 46, grabbed Hermoso and kissed her on the lips Aug. 20 through the awards ceremony after Spain’s victory within the girls’s World Cup in Sydney, making world headlines and inflicting a nationwide debate in Spain about sexism.
Hermoso and her teammates stated the kiss was undesirable and demeaning, however Rubiales argued it was consensual and denied any wrongdoing.
The courtroom set a bail of €65,000 ($69,836) for Rubiales’ cost of sexual assault and one other €65,000 to be posted collectively between Rubiales, Vilda, Luque and Rivera for the coercion cost.
The case falls below the Excessive Court docket’s jurisdiction as a result of the alleged offences passed off overseas.