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The World Cup winner, Jenni Hermoso, told her Luis Rubiales’ trial that “never” agreed that the former Spanish soccer chief kiss her on the lips.

Rubiales is in trial in Madrid for kissing beautiful after Spain won the Women’s World Cup.

He 47 years He is accused of sexual assault and trying to convince beautiful to declare The kiss He had been agreed. He denies the charges.

Beautiful, 34, who is the top scorer of all time in Spain, told the Superior Court of Madrid on Monday that “never” agreed on the kiss.

“I didn’t hear or understand anything,” he added. “The next thing he did was grab me by the ears and kiss my mouth.”

The former national team coach Jorge Vilda, the former sports director of the Spanish Football Federation, Albert Luque, and the former marketing chief of the organization, Ruben Rivera, are also in trial accused of pressing Hermoso.

Rubiales kissed beautiful lips when the players picked up their medals after Spain had defeated England 1-0 in the final in Sydney in August 2023.

Lost his job after initially refusing to resign and in October 2023 it was prohibited from all football -related activities For three years for the FIFA World Government Corps.

The consequences of the incident led a boycott for Spanish players of national and male national teams, while the case caused protests in Spain and beyond demanding “a sport free of sexist violence.”

The prosecutors say that beautiful was separated on the bus to the airport and asked to approve a statement in his name minimizing the incident, which says he refused to do.

The prosecution also says that Vilda warned the brother of Hermoso that his sister’s football career would suffer if he did not agree to record a video that supports Rubiales’ statement, the kiss was consensual.

Rubiales initially called his “idiots” critics before apologizing later, saying that the brief kiss was “without bad faith in a moment of maximum effusivity.”

Rubiales and their coacked will be expected to testify later in the trial once the court has interviewed the other witnesses.

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He has called his daughters to testify, while several of the Spanish companions of beautiful will also provide evidence.

The Prosecutor’s Office wants Rubiales to imprison for more than two years.

In Spain, people delivered sentences of less than two years can avoid jail if they pay damage.