The judge in the Rubiales case has his foot on the accelerator. With a case as high-profile as this one, the instructor wants to carry out all the necessary investigations as soon as possible before deciding whether to take the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, to trial for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion or if you close the matter. His last decision is to listen to new witnesses, among them the current soccer coach Luis de la Fuente.
The investigation of the case is going very quickly. Yesterday several witnesses testified, including the team's press chief, who acknowledged that they pressured her to make a statement in which she assured that Jenni Hermoso defended Rubiales's attitude, after giving him a kiss in the celebration for the World Cup victory. from Sydney.
Just yesterday, Hermoso's brother handed over his phone to the National Court so that a dump could be made of all the messages he received hours and days after the events and to be able to demonstrate that both his sister and her family were pressured not to report the incidents. facts and come out in defense of the president of the RFEF.
The judge of the National Court, Francisco de Jorge, has agreed to summon Hermoso as a witness for October 20, along with De la Fuente.
In addition, the magistrate has scheduled for that day and for October 27 the appearances, also as witnesses, of the director and deputy director of communication of the Football Federation, as well as that of the psychologist of the women's team, that of the director of office of Luis Rubiales and that of the federation's compliance officer.
Luis de la Fuente had to ask for "forgiveness" and his "most sincere apologies" for having applauded Rubiales during the urgent Assembly in which he announced that he refused to resign and denied that the kiss was non-consensual.
The coach of the men's soccer team acknowledged that the criticism he received after that was "totally deserved," but he refused to resign because of it.
