Also asking for a year and a half in prison for the crime of coercion for former national team coach Jorge Vilda, Rubn Rivera and Albert Luque
The Public Prosecutor's Office is requesting a sentence of two and a half years in prison for the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)Luis Rubiales for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion in the case of the non-consensual kiss he gave to Jenni Hermoso after the World Cup final in Sydney on August 20.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has submitted its brief of provisional conclusions to the National Court, in which it requests a sentence of one and a half years in prison for the crime of coercion for the former coach of the women's national team, Jorge Vilda; the head of marketing of the RFEF, Rubn Rivera, and the sporting director of the men's national team, Albert Luque.
In addition to the prison sentence, the prosecutor is asking for Rubiales to be disqualified from working in sport during the time of his sentence, two years of probation and a ban on communicating with the player and coming within 200 metres of her for four years.
It also wants him to compensate the international player with 50,000 euros; the same amount that is being asked for the other three defendants, although in his case, jointly and severally.
This case, which has been investigated by a judge of the Audiencia Nacional, takes place outside the investigation into various contracts in the RFEF, such as the transfer of the Super Cup to Saudi Arabia, in which Rubiales is also under investigation in a court in Majadahonda (Madrid).
The indictment of the deputy prosecutor of the Audiencia, Marta Durntez, describes Rubiales' conduct as «surprising and without consent or acceptance» of Jenni
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