Luis Rubiales arrives at Spanish court to be questioned over kissing footballer at Women's World Cup
Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, has arrived at a court in Madrid to give testimony on Friday to a Spanish judge investigating his kiss of a player at the Women’s World Cup.
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00:00 The former president of Spain's football federation has been handed a restraining order barring
00:05 him from contacting national player Jenny Hermoso.
00:09 Luis Rubiales appeared in court in Madrid for kissing Hermoso on the lips after Spain
00:13 beat Australia in the World Cup final.
00:16 Prosecutors are accusing Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion.
00:20 Rubiales claims the act was consensual and denies pressuring Hermoso to speak out in
00:25 his defence after the scandal erupted.
00:27 Judges began a preliminary investigation and will decide whether the case should go to
00:32 trial.
00:33 He also rejected prosecutors' requests for Rubiales to check in with the court every
00:37 15 days.
00:38 If he's found guilty, Rubiales could be fined or given a prison sentence of up to four years.
00:43 Hermoso, who has just been nominated for FIFA World Cup Player of the Year, has repeatedly
00:47 denied she consented to be kissed.
00:51 The incident unleashed a wave of anger in Spain and abroad and intensified a debate
00:55 within the country about men's attitudes and behaviour towards women.
00:58 (laughing)
01:00 (whooshing)