Ex-Spanish football boss found guilty of kissing Hermoso without consent

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Spain's High Court on Feb 20 found the country's former football federation president Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso and fined him over 10,000 euros.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Spain's High Court on Thursday found the country's former Football Federation president

00:07Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault and fined him about 10,000 euros over the infamous

00:15kissing incident in 2023.

00:19The court acquitted the 47-year-old of the charge where he and three other Federation

00:24officials allegedly coerced Spanish football star Jenny Hermoso into saying the kiss was

00:30consensual.

00:31Both Rubiales and Hermoso said they will appeal the court decision.

00:36Prosecutors had sought a prison sentence for Rubiales in a case that sparked a debate in

00:41Spain about sexism in women's football and wider Spanish society.

01:42During the trial, the 34-year-old Hermoso said the kiss by Rubiales was not consensual

01:50and tainted one of happiest days of her life when her Spanish national team won the FIFA

01:55Women's World Cup.

01:57However, Rubiales maintained that Hermoso had consented to the kiss amid the celebrations

02:03during the trophy presentation ceremony in Sydney in August 2023.

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