Overview

• Audiencia Nacional confirmed an 18-month fine totaling €10,800 after classifying the 2023 World Cup ceremony kiss as a mitigated sexual assault.
• The verdict enforces a one-year ban on Rubiales from approaching or contacting Jenni Hermoso and maintains a 200-meter exclusion zone.
• Rubiales is ordered to pay €3,000 in moral damages to Hermoso and cover half of the legal costs, including those of the private prosecution.
• The court dismissed his defense that the act lacked sexual intent and rejected a bid to order a retrial despite allegations of judicial interference.
• Former coach Jorge Vilda, ex-director Albert Luque and marketing chief Rubén Rivera were acquitted of all related charges