By Humberto Viera
02 Oct 2023, 10:42 AM EDT
Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez, players of the Spanish soccer team, testified this Monday before the judge investigating the former president of the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales.
The three players testified to Judge Francisco de Jorge for approximately an hour, as part of the investigation that the National Court has opened against the former president of the RFEF for crimes of sexual assault and coercion against Jenni Hermoso.
In that sense, the soccer players confirmed that Jenni Hermoso and her entourage suffered pressure from Rubiales to publicly justify the kiss he gave her after the final of the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
According to EFE, the soccer players confirmed the facts that the Prosecutor’s Office originally reported in its complaint against Rubiales. The Barça players, Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes, testified via videoconference from the City of Justice in Barcelona, while the Real Madrid goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez appeared before the National Court in Madrid.
None of the soccer players offered statements to the media when leaving the venues. “I’m sorry, we can’t,” said Alexia Putellas as she left the building with Irene Paredes, both escorted by the Mossos d’Esquadra.
While waiting for statements such as those of the former coach Jorge Vilda, as well as that of the current coach of the senior men’s team Luis de la Fuente, among other RFEF executives, the case that was born after a complaint by the Prosecutor’s Office against Rubiales continues. for crimes of sexual assault and coercion, after Jenni Hermoso formalized her complaint against the former president of the RFEF.
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