The case Rubiales facing a new week of witness statements on National audiencewhere the soccer player will appear this Thursday Laia Codinaalong with Jenni Hermoso in the selection, and the president of National Women’s Soccer Committee, Rafael del Amo.
Judge Francisco de Jorge continues to collect testimonies about what happened in the final of World Cup in Sydney (Australia)on August 20, when the former president of Royal Football Federation Luis Rubiales gave a kiss on the mouth to Jenni Hermosowho says he was pressured to tell the public that it was agreed.
Rubiales He is the main person investigated in this case for sexual assault and coercion, but not the only one; Three of his colleagues when he was in charge of the RFEF were also accused of this pressure on the player. They are the former coaches Jorge Vilda, the head of RFEF marketing, Rubén Rivera; and the director of the men’s team, Albert Luque.
Throughout the case, the judge took statements from a dozen witnesses, including the men’s team coach. Luis de la Fuente or some players like Alexia Putellas.
This week, the magistrate will continue the round of witnesses and heard on Tuesday from Rubiales’ chief of staff, José María Timón; the psychologist of the women’s team, Javier López Vallejo, and the person in charge of compliance at the Federation, Javier Puyol.
Two days later, soccer player Laia Codina and the president of the National Women’s Soccer Committee, Rafael del Amo, will appear to pave the way for next week’s confrontation scheduled at the request of Jenni Hermoso’s lawyers between the friend who traveled with him to Ibiza after the World Cup final and the marketing director of the RFEF Ruben Riveraaccused in the case.
Nice this confrontation, scheduled for the 30th, was requested due to the contradictions between his friend’s version, which confirmed the pressure the player suffered in those days to publicly justify the actions of Rubiales, and of Riverawho rejected any kind of international pressure or his environment.
Source: La Verdad
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