The Court of Arbitration of Sports dismissed on Friday an appeal of the former Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales against a three -year prohibition of the sport imposed by FIFA for kissing the player of Spain Jenni Hermoso after the final of the 2023 Women's World Cup final .
The decision of a panel on the highest field of Sport occurred one day after Rubiales was convicted of sexually assaulting her beautiful, she was ordered to pay more than 10,000 euros (£ 8,942) in fines and it was forbidden to reach 200 Beautiful meters or communicate with her for her. One year.
Rubiales was prohibited by FIFA in October 2023.
That prevented him from working in football until after the Male 2026 World Cup.
Cas said his panel determined that Rubiales 'behavior in the Women's World Cup final' constituted multiple and serious violations of the FIFA disciplinary code and saw no reason to consider the sanction as disproportionate.
“The CASP panel ruled that the sanction imposed is reasonable and proportional,” said the court.
The former Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales was convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso without her consent on Thursday
Rubiales has now failed in an appeal against his three -year prohibition of football after the kiss
Beautiful told the court that “never” agreed on the kiss and that he had felt “disrespected” for what Rubiales did
On Thursday, Rubiales, 47, received the order to pay a fine of € 20 per day during the next 18 months, a total sum of £ 8,250, and cannot go 200 meters from the striker.
Prosecutors were looking for two and a half years in prison against Rubiales for sexual aggression for the forced kiss and allegedly coercing beautiful to minimize the incident. But he has avoided a custody sentence in addition to being acquitted by the position of coercion.
His three coacked, the former coach of the national team Jorge Vilda, the former sports director of the Federation of the National Male team, Albert Luque, and the former Marketing Chief, Ruben Rivera, also considered himself guilty of the position.
Rubiales was accused of sexual assault and coercion for allegedly trying to minimize the kiss that caused outrage in Spain and worldwide and tarnished the celebrations of the first team of the team's World Cup.
Earlier this month, Rubiales told the Court that he was “totally safe” that beautiful consent to kiss her on the lips after Spain won the World Cup.
“She squeezed me very strongly under my armpits, lifted me, and when I went down, I asked her if she could kiss you, and she said 'Ok', that's what happened,” he said.
“What happened did not matter to her or for her,” Rubiales added during her highly anticipated testimony, describing the kiss as “an act of affection.”
He said the kiss was to mark a unique moment because “I don't want a World Cup every day,” adding: “Even when I see my daughters I didn't kiss them, but on the eve of the New Year we kissed. '
The former soccer team coach of Spain, Jorge Vilda, accused of alleged coercion, was declared not guilty on Thursday
Prosecutor Marta asked him if she would have acted in the same way “if it had been a man”, to which he replied: “It depends on whether he had been a player with whom I have a great relationship.”
He said that in the national team there were “three or four players with whom I have a great relationship and that one of them was Jenni Hermoso.”
Referring to celebrations with male soccer players, he said that the World Cup victory was not comparable to the UEFA Nations League, but added: “He used to kiss many players.”
Beautiful told the court that “he never” agreed on the kiss, that he had felt “disrespected” for what Rubiales had done and “stained one of the happiest days of my life.”
While Rubiales insisted that the kiss was not illegal or immoral during the trial, the soccer chief admitted that it had been a mistake.
“It was a mistake, I was the president of the Federation and from the beginning I recognized that it was a mistake,” he said. “I acted as an athlete who was a member of the group and should have adopted a more institutional role.”
Rubiales resigned under pressure three weeks after the scandal arose and was prohibited by FIFA for three years. He had said he was a victim of a 'witch hunt' of 'false feminists'.
The kiss caused outrage in Spain about the prevalence of sexism in sports and beyond.