The highest body in world football firmly suspended the former president of the Spanish Federation for the scandal involving a player at the World Cup awards ceremony.
The FIFA announced today a three year suspension for the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales for the non-consensual kiss he gave the player Jennifer Hermosoon August 20, during the award ceremony of the Australia and New Zealand Women’s World Cup.
The Disciplinary Commission of the entity based in Zurich It ordered that the leader be disqualified from holding any position or activity related to football during the determined period.
In the accusations to decide the punishment, the disciplinary authorities also considered the obscene gestures made by Rubiales in the authorities’ box and in the presence of the Queen Letizia and the Infanta Sofiaas well as the pressures he received Beautiful by RFEF.
The FIFA was based on article 13 of its Code of Conduct and understood that Rubiales violated two sections: one related to the “the norms of civic conduct” and another that warns about “adopt conduct that discredits football and FIFA.”
Rubialeswho resigned on September 10 from both his position in the RFEF as the vice presidency of the UEFAmay file an appeal before the Appeals Committee.
The sanction imposed today comes after a three-month provisional disqualification for which the FIFA prevented him from Rubialesthe federation and its directors or employees contact Jennifer Hermoso and to her closest environment in order to avoid pressure and coercion for the player to say that the kiss was consensual.
For this reason, furthermore, the former head of the RFEF was charged with sexual assault in an open case in the National audience of Spain.
Source: Ambito
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