Trial of the former President of the Football Federation of Spain
Rubiales faces charges of sexual assault and coercion for his alleged acts after the incident. The offences are punishable by one year and 18 months' imprisonment respectively.
The Supreme Court said it would also prosecute former head coach of the women's team Jorge Vilda, current sporting director of the team Albert Luque and head of marketing of the federation Robin ا for coercing Ermoso to say that the kiss was consensual.
May 17 , 2018 was a day that changed the history of Spanish football, and that changed the life of Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar . After ordinary elections for the presidency of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the regime popularly known as ' villarato ', which poisoned the entire establishment from 1988 to 2017 , officially came to an end, months after the intervention of the TAD after the arrest of Ángel María Villar as part of the 'Soule case' plot.
On that date, Luis Rubiales defeated his opponent, Juan Luis Larrea, at the polls by 80 votes to 56 , and was chosen to restructure from top to bottom an entity with many suspicions of corruption. A new hope had been born that excited everyone and everyone, with a fresh, modern and transparent proposal, which wanted "a Federation for all" , without knowing that his mandate would be constantly punctuated by controversy and decisions, at the very least, questionable