Overview
- Police detained a man after eggs were hurled at Rubiales at the Espacio Eventize venue in Madrid, briefly halting the presentation before it resumed.
- Authorities said the thrown eggs damaged a screen, and the detainee faces a suspected criminal damage charge, according to police sources cited by Europa Press.
- Police sources identified the attacker as Rubiales’s uncle, Luis Rubén Rubiales, though some outlets initially reported he was a nephew, reflecting conflicting accounts.
- Rubiales has recently reappeared on television, refusing to apologize to Jenni Hermoso and insisting the 2023 World Cup kiss was consensual.
- He says he has appealed his €10,800 sexual‑assault conviction to Spain’s Supreme Court and is promoting his book, “Matar a Rubiales,” which alleges a political and media campaign against him, alongside a still‑in‑force FIFA suspension.