Alexia, Irene Paredes and Misa testified this Monday before the judge

The players of the national team Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodriguez They will testify tomorrow, Monday, before the judge investigating the former president of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales for the kiss on the mouth he gave Jenni Hermoso and the alleged pressures he would have received from her and his closest circle to justify it.

The internationals appeared before the National Court to give their version of what happened on August 20, after the victory of the women’s soccer team in the World Cup in Australia, and about the coercion attributed to Rubiales and his team members. to the head of the RFEF days later to get Jenni Hermoso to say that the kiss was consensual. Two of them, Alexia and Misa, were following the soccer player in line during the presentation of the World Cup trophy, when Rubiales kissed the player.

To investigate the alleged coercion, the accusations will predictably ask the players about the trip to Ibiza they enjoyed after winning the championship, and which the alleged coercion also included.

With shouts of ‘It’s over’ all the players of the National Team showed their united support to Jenni Hermoso after Rubiales’ kiss, which sparked outrage and resulted in her resignation as head of the RFEF. “This is unacceptable. It’s over,” Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas wrote after the appearance in which Rubiales announced he would not resign – he ended up doing so a few days later. “With you more than ever. Enough of the lies, you are not alone,” said Misa on the social network X (formerly Twitter); “Everyone saw what happened. You are the victim. I am with you, friend,” wrote Irene Paredes.

That day, the three signed the statement, circulated through the FutPro union and signed by 56 players, in which they expressed their “firm and resounding condemnation of behavior that violates the dignity of women,” and if where Jenni Hermoso repeated that “at no time” did she consent to the kiss.

Former coach Jorge Vilda, mentioned on the 10th

In his remarks, Judge Francisco de Jorge continues to collect testimonies within the framework of the investigation of Rubiales for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion, a case that recently added three other defendants : former women’s coach Jorge Vilda; the men’s team director, Albert Luque; and the RFEF Marketing Director, Rubén Rivera.

The judge summoned the final three on October 10 under investigation after Jenni Hermoso’s brother and a friend confirmed the pressure received for the Pachuca player in Mexico to publicly justify kissing Rubiales. In Luque’s case, his statement was postponed to the 16th.

Days later, on October 20, the judge will question the men’s coach, Luis de la Fuente, as witnesses; former RFEF communications director Pablo García-Cuervo, fired on Friday; and the deputy director of that department, Enrique Yunta.

The round of statements will continue on October 27, when Rubiales’ chief of staff, José María Timón, will testify; the psychologist of the women’s team, Javier López Vallejo, and the person in charge of compliance at the Federation, Javier Puyol.