Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national soccer player Jennifer Hermoso, after a High Court judge in Madrid accepted the case, the court said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Rubiales faces one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions following the kiss, which occurred after Spain\u2019s World Cup victory last year. Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of one year and 18 months respectively for the offenses, or a total of two years and six months. <\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s Public Ministry has formally accused Rubiales, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), of sexual assault for kissing Hermoso \u201cwithout consent or acceptance.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rubiales has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has said he was given consent from Hermoso. \u201cFor me, there is no crime,\u201d Rubiales told TV channel La Sexta in April. <\/p>\n
Rubiales, who has previously apologized for the kiss, told La Sexta there was nothing sexual about his actions and claimed he had asked Hermoso for consent, to which he said she replied \u201cvale,\u201d \u2014 Spanish for \u201cOK.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hermoso has previously said she did not consent and was not respected by Rubiales. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had to bear the consequences of an act that I didn\u2019t provoke, which I didn\u2019t choose or premeditate,\u201d she told GQ Spain in an interview last November. \u201cI\u2019ve received threats and that\u2019s something which you will never get used to.\u201d <\/p>\n
The High Court will also try the former coach of the women\u2019s national team Jorge Vilda, the team\u2019s current sporting director, Albert Luque, and the federation\u2019s head of marketing Ruben Rivera. They are accused of coercing Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual. <\/p>\n
The court has set a bail of 65,000 euros ($69,836) for Rubiales\u2019 charge of sexual assault. The court has also set a separate joint bail of 65,000 euros for Rubiales, Vilda, Luque and Rivera for the coercion charge. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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