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Spanish Appeal Court Upholds Rubiales' Sexual Assault Conviction

The ruling carries a €10,800 fine plus a one-year 200-meter restraining order against Jennifer Hermoso.

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Luis Rubiales war spanischer Verbandschef
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Overview

  • Judges ruled that Rubiales’s on-mouth kiss of Jennifer Hermoso during the 2023 Women’s World Cup victory celebration constituted sexual assault under Spain’s consent laws.
  • The court upheld the original €10,800 penalty and maintained a one-year ban on approaching Hermoso within 200 meters.
  • Rubiales had been acquitted of coercion charges in the first-instance trial in February 2025.
  • FIFA previously suspended him from international football for three years and he resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation in September 2023.
  • His legal team announced plans to take the case to Spain’s Supreme Court.