MADRID: rosecutors at Spain’s top criminal court said Monday they had opened a preliminary investigation into Luis Rubiales’ forcible kiss on the lips...
: rosecutors at Spain’s top criminal court said Monday they had opened a preliminary investigation into Luis Rubiales’ forcible kiss on the lips of World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on grounds it could constitute a crime of “sexual assault”.
They would also contact Hermoso to offer her a chance to file a suit within 15 days, the statement said. Hermoso later said the unwanted kiss had left her feeling “vulnerable and a liked the victim of an assault”, with a statement on social media describing it as “an impulsive, macho act, out of place and with no type of consent on my part”.
“Given the public statements made by Jennifer Hermoso, the sexual act she was subjected to by Rubiales was not consensual,“ the court statement said.
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