In their closing arguments, prosecutors sought to show it was clear that Hermoso did not consent to the kiss, and asked for a prison sentence of 2 1/2 years for Rubiales. Closing arguments will ...

The brother of Jenni Hermoso and one of her teammates told a judge on Wednesday there were attempts to pressure the player into downplaying the unsolicited kiss by former Spanish federation ...

MADRID (AP) — Former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales reiterated before a judge on Tuesday that forward Jenni Hermoso gave him consent for a kiss at the 2023 Women’s World Cup ...

Luis Rubiales testified in court Tuesday that soccer star Jenni Hermoso gave him permission to kiss her after Spain’s victory in the 2023 World Cup final in Sydney. Rubiales, the former ...

Hermoso has consistently maintained she did not consent to the kiss in the months and years since the incident and did so again in court last week, testifying that Rubiales “didn’t ask me if ...

The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales sits in a courtroom on the outskirts of Madrid, Monday Feb. 3, 2025, where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni ...