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Jenni Hermoso reveals death threats over Luis Rubiales World Cup final kiss that 'stained one of the happiest days of her life' as Spain legend testifies against disgraced federation chief in sexual assault case

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<p>Disgraced former Spanish Football Federation president Rubiales planted a kiss onto the lips of Hermoso during the medal ceremony which followed Spain’s 1-0 win over England in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final. Rubiales is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/luis-rubiales-sexual-assault-jenni-hermoso-world-cup-kiss-jail-time/blt2370d725e6bf66e4" target="_blank">now standing trial in Madrid</a> on accusations of sexual assault and coercion.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Hermoso was the first witness called at that trial and said of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/jenni-hermoso-insists-luis-rubiales-kiss-not-consensual-testifies-two-hours-criminal-complaint/blt52a2759865d840a6" target="_blank">the incident was entirely non-consensual</a>: “My boss was kissing me, and this shouldn't happen in any social or work setting. I greeted the queen, I greeted her daughter. The next thing was meeting Rubiales. The next thing he did was to grab me by the ears and kiss me on the mouth.”</p>

WHAT JENNI HERMOSO SAID

<p>Hermoso says that she "didn’t hear or understand anything" that Rubiales said at the time and reiterated that "a kiss on the lips is only given when I decide so". She went on to reveal that "no-one came to ask me how I was" after the kiss and that she felt "completely abandoned by the federation".</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Hermoso continued to celebrate "the greatest achievement” of her life after claiming a global crown, but soon realised that action needed to be taken. Rubiales asked her to record a video with him on the Spain squad’s journey home, having faced accusations of assault on social media, with Hermoso's response being: "I said no, that I was not going to do anything, that I was not the cause of this."</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Hermoso, who is now playing her club football in Mexico for Tigres, says that she was forced to leave Madrid alongside her family after <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/threats-jenni-hermoso-psychologist-spain-luis-rubiales-world-cup-kiss/blt6a11a04f223d4423" target="_blank">receiving death threats</a>. Rubiales had <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso-kiss-gesture-spain-womens-world-cup/bltd9bda03cf1feaf06" target="_blank">spoken out against</a> what he considered to be "fake feminism" before <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-how-luis-rubiales-forced-out-uefa-president-aleksander-ceferin-jenni-hermoso-womens-world-cup-kiss-storm/bltf562ca64ddd726c2" target="_blank">resigning from his post with the RFEF</a>.</p>

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<p>Prosecutors are calling for 47-year-old <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/luis-rubiales-disgraced-ex-spanish-fa-president-prison-jenni-hermoso-kiss-man-spain-false-feminism/bltb992956fea3549de" target="_blank">Rubiales to be handed a one-year prison sentence</a> for sexual assault. They are also pushing for 18-months of jail time on the count of coercion, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/luis-rubiales-father-accused-spain-press-officer-false-evidence-jenni-hermoso-kiss-investigation/blt2cda703ccd651a00" target="_blank">Hermoso allegedly pressured into making a public statement</a> in which she would say that the kiss was consensual. Rubiales denies all the charges.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

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Jenni Hermoso has revealed that she received death threats of the back Luis Rubiales’ World Cup final kiss that “stained” one of her “happiest days”.

Jenni Hermoso reveals death threats over Luis Rubiales World Cup final kiss that &apos;stained one of the happiest days of her life&apos; as Spain legend testifies against disgraced federation chief in sexual assault case

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