President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales announces he will be staying as president during the meeting, August 25, 2023..Spanish prosecutors opened an investigation of the nation's soccer federation chief, officials said Monday, in connection to his kiss on the lips of a player shortly after winning the World Cup.
The national prosecutors also invited the player, Spain's team captain Jennifer Hermoso, to reach out to them in the next 15 days to report herself as a possible victim of sexual aggression by federation president Luis Rubiales, officials said.
Béjar took refuge in the church of the Divina Pastora de Motril on the southern Spanish coast and defended her son.
The sport's international governing body, FIFA, on Saturday suspended Rubiales from all soccer activities for 90 days.
The kiss has marred what had been joyous national celebration of La Roja's first time lifting the Women's World Cup trophy.
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Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales, Jennifer Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, Rubiales, Hermoso, Ángeles, Béjar, Motril, EFE, He's, Vanessa Ruiz Béjar, soccer's, — Rima Abdelkader, Max Burman
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Royal Spanish Football Federation, England, FIFA, AFP, Associated Press
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Sydney, Spanish, Spain, United States, Germany, Japan, Norway