Luis Rubiales case: Spanish media reveal Jenni Hermoso’s testimony

The Luis Rubiales case is now in court. On Tuesday 10 October, the Spanish media Cuatro fully revealed Jenni Hermoso’s testimony in court, after the kiss imposed by Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Federation, while the team celebrated its coronation at the Women’s World Cup on 20 August. . After several weeks of controversy, the player ended up filing a complaint on September 6th.

“How could I expect this? “, confides Jenni Hermoso

During her hearing, Hermoso returned to the facts at length: “ At the awards ceremony he gave me mine as a giftexplains. I greet the queen, kiss her daughter and the next person was Rubiales. I hug him and the first thing I think is ‘what have we gotten ourselves into’. He jumps at me and I remain still. He told me: “We won this World Cup thanks to you.” »

The player later claims to remember” his hands on my head and his kiss on my mouth “. In his statement he states that he did not expect such a gesture. “ How could I expect something like that in a World Cup final? At no point could I expect this to happen. » She then claims that she didn’t have time to react, and immediately warns her companions Alexia Putellas AND Irene Paredes.

A bitter victory

Jenni Hermoso explains that she then forced herself to celebrate her team’s victory, so as not to allow this attack ruin his coronation. “ My feeling at that moment was that I couldn’t distract myself from the event that happened because it was historic. We were able to take advantage of something that had cost us so much to create. »

But after the celebrations, the Spanish team took the bus back to their hotel. The climate that reigned within the latter was rather strange. “ There was a dead silence on the bus. They (his teammates) told me that things were happening », Hermoso refers in particular to the greatness that Rubiales’ gesture had very quickly.

Pressure from Luis Rubiales

Later in the hearing, Jenni Hermoso spoke at length about the pressure Rubiales and his teams received during the controversy. But she didn’t give up. “ I told him it wasn’t good. I told him that he would fall because he did it in front of everyone. He tried to explain his point of view to me, I told him that he had nothing to explain to me. »

To try to calm things down, Luis Rubiales asked Jennifer Hermoso to make an apology video.” for his two daughters who were crying »because he was treated” of the stalker in Doha “.

But another fact emerges from this hearing: the player’s discomfort. He specifically mentions his need to “ leave Madrid so as not to have to endure further pressure “.” Why do I have to cry in a room when I haven’t done anything? “, she also admitted, still scarred by the facts.