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THE Public Prosecutor’s Office wants the Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ case retried and sentencing revoked because the judge was ‘biased’.
Rubiales has been convicted of sexual assaulting Jenni Hermoso, a Spanish footballer in 2023. Rubiales kissed her after their team’s World Cup win.
The former Spanish football boss was fined €10,800 for the kiss but cleared of coercion.
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Marta Durantez says the trial for Rubiales, and three other defendants should be declared null. They were also cleared by the prosecution of intimidating Hermoso into changing her mind regarding the nature and content of the kiss.
Durantez says key evidence was ‘unfairly denied’ by National Court judge, Jose Manuel Fernandez-Prieto.
The prosecutor wrote in a brief that all evidence must be considered and examined.
Hermoso made a recording of a call she had with the Spanish football association, in which Hermoso asked them to stop coercing. Hermoso was not selected to play in two matches in September 2023.
Jenni Hermoso’s attorney has already stated that his client intends to appeal the leniency with which Rubiales was sentenced and the verdicts of not-guilty for coercion.
Rubiales, meanwhile, also appeals the verdict and punishment.
