Former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales received a restraining order after kissing Jenni Hermoso at the Women's FIFA World Cup.
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00:00 The rolling crisis that has rocked Spanish football began in Sydney last month and has
00:06 now made its way to Spain's top criminal court.
00:09 A judge has issued a restraining order forbidding former Spanish football president Luis Rubiales
00:14 from approaching or contacting player Genia Mozo in any way.
00:19 The disgraced former football boss attended court in Madrid to testify in the criminal
00:23 investigation into whether his kiss during presentations at the World Cup final constitutes
00:29 sexual assault.
00:31 Rubiales told the judge the kiss was consensual and denied assaulting or coercing Mozo in
00:36 any way.
00:37 Mozo and her legal team insist she did not consent to the kiss.
00:44 We continue to maintain that it was a non-consensual kiss, which is what has been said from the
00:50 first moment.
00:52 And thanks to the video, everyone, the whole country has been able to see that there was
00:57 no consent.
00:58 That is what we are going to demonstrate in the courtroom as well.
01:03 The judge has ordered media groups to provide footage of the incident from all angles and
01:09 will now decide whether the criminal complaint lodged by Mozo goes to trial.
01:14 Sexual assault carries a penalty of up to four years in prison in Spain.
01:18 Luis Rubiales resigned from his post as president of the Spanish Football Federation last weekend.
01:24 However, that hasn't satisfied those that say structural changes are needed to address
01:28 what they call "entrenched inequality" in Spanish football.
01:32 Thirty-nine players, including 21 members of the World Cup-winning side, have released
01:37 a statement saying they still don't feel safe playing for the national team.
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