Overview
- Video from the Espacio Eventize venue shows an attendee throwing three eggs, with at least two striking Rubiales, before security removed the assailant.
- Spain’s national police confirmed they arrested a man outside the event but did not verify any family connection to Rubiales.
- Rubiales told Radio Marca the attacker was his uncle, whom he identified as Luis Rubén, a claim authorities have not corroborated.
- The event promoted Rubiales’ new book, Matar a Rubiales (Killing Rubiales), which sets out his version of the 2023 scandal and its aftermath.
- Rubiales was fined about €10,800, is serving a three-year FIFA ban, and is pursuing further appeals of his conviction, including to Spain’s Supreme Court.