Former Spain’s World Cup women’s team manager Jorge Vilda, ex-men’s team director Albert Luque and former Spanish FA marketing director Ruben Rivera are Rubiales’ co-defendants are accused of involvement in coercion of Hermoso.
Former Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales has told a court Jenni Hermoso gave him consent before kissing her after the 2023 Women's World Cup final.
Hermoso has already spoken in the trial to claim she felt "abused", denying she consented to the kiss and saying the moment had "stained one of the happiest days of my life".
Rubiales confessed he had tried to persuade the women's football star to agree to the "ideal situation" of backing him as the fallout from the kiss escalated into a full-blown crisis that put his job at risk.
The statement said Luis Rubiales and I were good friends and the kiss happened in the effusiveness of the moment.
