Spanish Soccer President Luis Rubiales Resigns After Kissing Scandal

Luis Rubiales is stepping down from his submit as chief of Spanish soccer — this after mounting strain following his kissing scandal throughout the Ladies’s World Cup.

The President of the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation — who’s had the job since 2018 — simply publicly introduced he was resigning throughout an interview with Piers Morgan, who was asking if the backlash had grown too massive to disregard.

Rubiales acknowledged his defiance was now beginning to have an effect on others and the group at massive, and that he was turning into a distraction … so he is dropping out.

He does preserve his innocence — as he is carried out from the beginning — however says attempting to maintain his place was turning out to be extra bother than it is price. After a clip of the Piers sit-down was posted, he took to Twitter to substantiate he’d handed the baton on to the appearing Prez.

In his prolonged assertion, Rubiales says he plans to defend himself/his honor within the persevering with fallout. In fact, that appears to reference the legal grievance the feminine soccer participant herself, Jennifer Hermoso, filed with the Spanish authorities — alleging sexual assault.

Spanish prosecutors have already mentioned they’re taking him to courtroom to face trial. If convicted, he faces a fantastic and/or as much as 4 years in jail.

Rubiales apologized for the incident shortly after it occurred — saying he obtained swept up within the second … however later suggesting it was a consensual kiss, regardless of Hermoso saying in any other case.

He was ultimately suspended, and the top coach of the group truly obtained fired for defending Rubiales — wherein he recommended the very fact Rubiales refused to stop. It is maybe not that stunning … the group had mentioned they would not take the sphere till he was gone.