Spanish soccer bosses flew to Ibiza to harass star Jenni Hermoso amid Luis Rubiales sexual assault storm, courtroom paperwork allege

Movies of Spanish soccer participant Jenni Hermoso sunbaking on a yacht in Ibiza made international headlines within the days after final yr’s World Cup closing. 

Spain’s girls’s staff had simply gained the game’s most prestigious competitors in Sydney and have been on the celebration island to rejoice.

The star striker appeared in good spirits, laughing and wakeboarding in images and movies posted on social media, regardless of a debate raging round her sparked by a kiss planted on her within the moments after the match from Royal Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales.

However behind the scenes, it is alleged Ms Hermoso, her family and friends have been being harassed and intimidated by among the strongest males in Spanish soccer. 

Courtroom paperwork filed by prosecutors in Madrid allege RFEF advertising and marketing director Rubén Rivera and ladies’s sports activities director Albert Luque turned up in Ibiza, however to not be a part of the celebration.

The paperwork allege the duo’s mission was to get Ms Hermoso to report a video assertion backing Mr Rubiales, and that when she refused, issues went south.

In line with the paperwork, Mr Luque allegedly despatched a number of WhatsApp messages to Ms Hermoso’s buddy expressing his anger and accusing the striker of “being a foul individual, wishing her to be very lonely in life and saying that he could be comfortable if that occurred”.

The allegations contained within the paperwork set out a timeline of how a saga that began in Sydney exploded over subsequent days, first behind the scenes and later, into the worldwide highlight.

Spain beat England 1-0 within the closing at Stadium Australia on August 20, however their victory celebrations took a flip when Rubiales grabbed Hermoso’s head and kissed her on the lips as she obtained her winner’s medal on stage.

Whereas nobody is denying the incident befell — it occurred in entrance of a packed crowd and tv viewers of thousands and thousands — there was a fierce debate about whether or not the kiss was consensual within the days that adopted.

Mr Rubiales was subsequently charged with sexual assault, one thing he denies. Spanish prosecutors final month requested for a jail sentence if Mr Rubiales was convicted.

Courtroom paperwork submitted by the Spanish prosecutor’s workplace allege the kiss was simply the beginning of a collection of prison offences Mr Rubiales and his govt staff subjected Ms Hermoso to within the days after the ultimate. 

Public prosecutor Marta Durantez Gil can also be pursuing expenses of coercion towards 4 males inside the RFEF: Mr Rubiales, then-women’s staff coach Jorge Vilda, Mr Rivera and Mr Luque.

All the boys deny the allegations, together with that they tried to stress Ms Hermoso into downplaying the kiss and that they harassed the star and her family and friends.

The paperwork allege Mr Rubiales exerted “fixed and repeated acts of stress” on Ms Hermoso, with “the intention of publicly justifying and approving the kiss”. 

These acts of stress are alleged to have begun instantly after the medal presentation ceremony in Sydney, with Mr Rubiales asking for Ms Hermoso to be despatched out of the change rooms at Stadium Australia to talk with him.  

“At this early state, Luis Rubiales had already urged the participant to make a public assertion about her acceptance of the kiss, which she didn’t agree with,” Ms Durantez Gil mentioned in her written assertion, filed with the courtroom.

It is alleged that Ms Hermoso was then ordered to get off the staff bus whereas travelling to Sydney airport to signal a press launch drafted by the RFEF communications staff, which was despatched to the media regardless of the athlete not agreeing with its contents. 

The assertion mentioned: “It was a completely spontaneous mutual gesture as a result of immense pleasure of profitable a World Cup. The president and I’ve a fantastic relationship, his behaviour in the direction of us has been glorious and it was a pure gesture of affection and gratitude”.

On the flight from Australia to Spain after the match, Mr Rubiales is accused of repeatedly approaching Ms Hermoso to influence her to make a joint public assertion exonerating him for the kiss. 

When she refused, the prosecution alleges, Mr Vilda — who was the staff’s coach on the time — approached Ms Hermoso’s household, who have been on the identical flight, and informed her brother she would face detrimental penalties “each personally and in her skilled profession as a footballer” if she did not report a video assertion throughout their stopover in Doha.

“Jennifer suffered a state of affairs of harassment that prevented her from dwelling her life in peace, tranquillity and freedom,” Ms Durantez Gil mentioned within the paperwork.

Makes an attempt to coerce Ms Hermoso to make an announcement absolving Mr Rubiales are alleged to have continued through the staff journey to Ibiza, which started two days after the ultimate. 

The courtroom paperwork allege that the defendants’ harassment of Ms Hermoso ended when Mr Rubiales was provisionally suspended by the sports activities international governing physique, FIFA, on August 26.  

He formally resigned from his function as RFEF president 16 days later. 

If discovered responsible, the Spanish prosecutor has really helpful 18-month jail phrases for all 4 defendants for coercion and an extra yr for Mr Rubiales for sexual assault.