The Administrative Court of Sport (CAS) in Spain decided on Friday to disqualify the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for three years for the kiss he gave to national team player Jenni Hermoso after the final of the Women's World Cup and his behavior in the box during it in Sydney.
As reported by the site Iusport, the CAS raised the proposal of the investigator of the file to definitive and imposed two sanctions of a year and a half on Rubiales, whowas removed from his position on September 10 after the investigation opened by the National Court for possible sexual assault and coercion and that of FIFA. which then gave him a three-year ban.
On September 1, the CAS partially upheld the complaint filed by the Higher Sports Council (CSD) and agreed to open the disciplinary file against Rubiales closed today, for two serious infractions after the final of the Women's World Cup, in which Spain won the World Cup on August 20 in Sydney.
The CSD transferred "a reasoned request" to the CAS for a possible violation of the Sports Law and the Royal Decree on Sports Discipline by Luis Rubiales, specifically articles 76.1.a of the former and 14.h of the latter, which refer, respectively, to abuses of authority and notorious and public acts that threaten the dignity or decorum of sport.
Unlike the Government, the court did not see any abuse of authority and initiated proceedings for two serious misdemeanours, not very serious.
The kiss, the mass resignation of players and the mobilisation in the centre of Madrid
On 20 August, Spain defeated England 1-0 in the final of the Women's World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand. In the middle of the awards ceremony, Rubiales grabbed Jenni Hermoso's face and kissed her on the mouth.
The leader tried to justify himself and minimize the situation in the face of the first questions. A few days later, with criticism mounting, he stuck to his post and said the kiss "was spontaneous, mutual and consensual."
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Luis Rubiales, who had already been involved in several controversies, grabbed Jenni Hermoso's face and kissed her on the mouth.</p><div> </div>
"We're not trying to do justice here. A social murder is being carried out," he said in that public appearance, with arguments that he repeated this Sunday in the letter with which he announced his resignation.
Due to the kiss scandal, all the Spanish world champion players resigned from their national team and uncovered a plot of irregularities of the last five years in the top of Spanish football. In addition, hundreds of women mobilized in the center of Madrid with slogans such as "Out with Rubiales and the macho mafia."
With information from EFE
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