Ex-Spain soccer boss denies kiss was sexual assault, claims he’s only being questioned because he’s a man

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The disgraced former head of Spanish soccer has denied he sexually assaulted a star player on the women’s national team with an unwanted kiss following their World Cup victory last year – suggesting he is only being questioned because he is a man.

Speaking in a television interview aired on Wednesday, former Royal Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales also claimed that forward Jennifer Hermoso had consented to the kiss during the medal ceremony, which was televised globally and overshadowed Spain’s historic first Women’s World Cup win.

“Anyone can be questioned, even you, any person … what you are wanting to do is curtail the freedom of thought … many news outlets want to curtail the freedom of thought,” he claimed. CNN has reached out to Hermoso and the RFEF for comment. Hermoso has previously said she did not consent and was not respected by Rubiales. “I’ve had to bear the consequences of an act that I didn’t provoke, which I didn’t choose or premeditate,” she told GQ Spain in an interview last November.

 

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