The Government, through Superior Sports Councils (CSD) raised on Friday afternoon to Administrative Court of Sport (TAD) his complaint against Luis Rubiales, still president of the Spanish Football Federation after his decision to entrench himself and not resign. In its reasoned petition, as it is called, the CSD states that the highest president of Spanish football committed a “very serious infraction” by carrying out an “abuse of authority” over Jenni Hermoso with her kiss after the World Cup final. The discomfort in the Executive with Rubiales due to his attitude is great. They call her behavior “unacceptable” during the final of the Women’s Soccer World Championship.
The intention of the Government is that the TAD, which normally meets on Thursdays in an ordinary way, does so this Monday in an extraordinary way to decide whether to initiate proceedings for a possible violation of articles 76.1.a of the Sports Law and 2:00 p.m. Royal Decree 1591/1992Both very serious offences.
Although the new Sports Law entered into force in January 2023, the 1990 law regarding sanctions regime. And the CSD refers to it, to its article 76, which establishes that “abuses of authority” will be considered as very serious infractions to the rules of the game or competition or to the general sports regulations, among other things. [El artículo 76 de la nueva Ley del Deporte hace referencia a la naturaleza y funciones del Comité Paralímpico Español].
The third transitional provision of the new Sports Law establishes that the sanctioning and disciplinary regime prior to the entry into force of this regulation will continue to apply until the new common system of an extrajudicial nature for conflict resolution mentioned in article 119 is developed according to the regulations. And that the Government must carry out this regulatory development within six months from the entry into force of this law.
Jenni Beautiful released a statement this Friday in which he denied the version given by Rubiales in the Federation Assembly that the kiss was consented: “Not much less his kiss was consented,” the player countered. “I felt vulnerable and the victim of an attack.” Late at night, the Federation responded with a statement with images of the embrace of Hermoso and Rubiales, alleging that he “does not lie.”