EPASpaniards of Spaniard Jenny Hermoso presented a certificate to support her account of a feeling of exhaustion after she was forcibly kissed by former football president Luis Rubis.
Her teammates, Irene Paridis, Laia Codina, and Alexia Putellas appeared in the trial of Mr. Rubiales in the National Court in Madrid on Thursday, where he was accused of sexual assault and coercion.
Mrs. Potions said that Mrs. Hermosa felt “mired” after the accident, while Mrs. Kodina said she was “sad” and “does not enjoy herself.”
Mr. Rubiales accepted Mrs. Hermoso on the lips during the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia, which led to protests and calls for his resignation. He denies any violations.
Jenny Hermoso told the court on Monday She never granted permission to kiss her at the World Cup medal and felt “disrespect” as a woman.
Mrs. Potlas said that she believed at the time that the accident was something “lucky” and “misunderstanding”, but later, Ms. Hermoso showed a video and said she did not know how Mr. Rubiales happened to kiss her, according to the Spanish media.
The court heard from Mrs. Paris that while he was on the bus to Sydney airport after the World Cup final, she told her teammates to stop making jokes about the accident, saying he was “serious.”
Mrs. Potions said that Mrs. Hermoso was “mired” on the plane to Spain.
“I started crying out of exhaustion,” the Barcelona player added.
The 31 -year -old said that Mrs. Hermoso was asked to speak to Mr. Rubiales on the plane and told her that she should “graduate” and “denial that there is no approval” in the qiblah.
“She was angry and said that he was not needed to explain the facts to her because she suffered from her, and that she would not do that.”
Mrs. Kodina told the experience that during the journey of celebrating the team to the Spanish island of Ibiza, Mrs. Hermoso was “sad, she was not enjoying herself, away from her” although “it should have been the best moment” in her life.
Three of the colleagues of Mr. Rubiales are also tried in the complicity of the alleged coercion: Jorge Vilda, the coach of the World Cup -winning team, Rubion Rivera, former head of the Federation Marketing, and former sports director, Albert Locke. They all deny the charges.
On Wednesday, the court heard that Mr. Veldda spoke to Raphael Hermoso – the brother of Jenny Hermoso – on the trip to Spain, and told him that Mr. Rubiales is afraid of his position, according to the local Spanish media.
Mr. Valda asked him to talk to his sister about making a video with Mrs. Rubiales that would reduce the qiblah.
Rafael Hermoso said his sister had faced “professional and personal consequences” if she does not cooperate.
Speaking at the court on Monday, Mrs. Hermoso said that she and the then president of the Spanish Royal Football Association at the time embraced and celebrated the football event, saying that he caught her “by the ears and a (more apparent) kiss on the mouth.”
She said, “I have not heard or understood anything,” she said, adding that “a kiss on the lips is only presented when I decide that.”
The football player said she felt “completely giving up the federation.”
Public Prosecutors call on Mr. Rubiales to obtain a one -year prison sentence for sexual assault on the qiblah. They also invite him to obtain a prison sentence for a year and a half for coercion, allegedly trying to pressure Mrs. Hermoso to say publicly that the qiblah was by mutual consent. Rubiales denies charges.
The trial continues.
