The quarreled former Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales arrives in the Court in Madrid prior to going on trial of Jenni Hermoso Kiss at 2023 World Cup

‘Kissgate’ scandal former Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales has arrived in the court in Madrid at the start of his 11-day sex attack and forced attempts.

The 47-year-old father-of-three arrived by taxi by Audiencia Nacional Court’s San Fernando de Henares HQ, a 40-minute drive northeast of the city center, about 45 minutes before the planned at. 10.00 local time start.

He will not have to take the stand before next week over the ‘unwanted’ kiss he planted on Spanish international Jenni Hermosos lips after their World Cup in August 2023 over England.

But he has made it clear that he wants to be in court every day and hear 34-year-old Hermoso’s evidence this morning, marking the start of the trial by legal argument.

Public prosecutors want Rubiales imprisoned for two and a half years.

He faces a one -year prison period if he is convicted of sexual assault and a separate prison sentence of one year if he is found guilty in compulsion compared to his alleged trials using three helpers to pressure hermoso to declare that The kiss had been a consensus.

The striker has flown to Madrid from Mexico, where she plays her football for the League MX BBVA page Tigres Femenil to give evidence.

Investigation of Judge Francisco de Jorge paved the way for Rubiales to be tried after recommending that he be put in the dock last January.

He said his long -lasting probe had revealed ‘solid evidence’ pointing to the potential illegality of the kiss.

Mr. De Jorge, who asked the former football manager and his alleged victim separately in closed sessions on Spain’s centralized Audiencia Nacional Court, said in a five-page decision published in January 2023: ‘The study has revealed the existence of solid proof of the kiss Luis Manuel Rubiales Bejar gave player Jennifer Hermoso was not consensus and was a one -sided and surprising initiative on his part.

‘Whether there was no erotic intention, or it was a result of euphoria and excitement being experienced as a consequence of the extraordinary sporting triumph prior to it is something that should be evaluated in a public trial.’

He said he had ended that Hermoso had been left ‘confused and surprised’ by the ‘unexpected’ kiss and ‘had no time to respond’ after Rubiales grabbed her by the head with both hands and locked lips with her by The award ceremony in front of millions of TV viewers watching live.

He also suggested former Spain’s World Cup Women team manager Jorge Vilda, ex-men’s team director Albert Luque and former Spanish FA Marketing Director Ruben Rivera were to face trial.

Mr. De Jorge said in his written decision that he believed there was enough evidence to continue with a formal accusation against all three men for their ‘concerted action’, agree with Rubiales, to try to ‘break Jennifer Hermoso’s will and get Her to accept to register a video that said the kiss had been consensus’ when the controversy around the action of the former Spanish FA chief exploded.

He accused Rubiales of pressing Hermoso to publicly support him on the plane back from Sydney in Australia before asking Vilda to talk to her brother and try to convince her to record a video that says the kiss was consensus.

He continued to detail how his study had discovered evidence pointing to Vilda afterwards and told that the footballer’s siblings her lack of help with the video would have ‘negative consequences’ for her.

Mr. De Jorge also outlined how Ruben Rivera asked Hermoso again to take part in a video ‘Release’ Rubiales when they returned to Spain as part of repeated attempts to get her to talk about the kiss in a way that was beneficial For the divorced father -of -three.

And he accused Albert Luque of showing up unannounced at a hotel Hermoso was in to convince her to join the video despite rejecting Rivera’s requests to talk to him to support Rubiales in public.

He concluded in his bombing shell: ‘The pressure that the player was presented to be created in Jennifer Hermoso, a situation of anxiety and intense stress.

Public prosecutors seek prison sentences in one year and six months for Vilda, Luque and Rivera if they are convicted of coercion. They will also give evidence after February 12.

Hermoso triggered the Legal Survey by filing a complaint against Rubiales in September 2023.

She accused him of kissing her without consent after the woman’s World Cup final finished and described it as a sexist act that left her feeling vulnerable.

Mr. They Jorge forbade him to go within 200 meters of Hermoso or make some contact with her as part of a detention order after asking him in court a week after the player filed his complaint.

The entire investigation including the court quizzes before prosecutors were brought in place behind closed doors, as is normal in Spain, where only litigation is held in public.

Defiant Rubiales promised to ‘defend his innocence’ after announcing on September 10, 2023, he held up as a Spanish FA president despite insisting to applaud a packed Spanish FA Extraordinary General Assembly: ‘I will not resign’ Five times just over two weeks earlier.

He tweeted as his decision to resign was published: ‘I will defend my honor. I will defend my innocence.

“I have confidence in the future. I have confidence in the truth. Thanks to everyone. ‘

He finished his tweet by sending a photo of the Spanish flag.

Rubiales, who had apologized for seizing his step during the World Cup after the final in front of Spain’s Queen Letizia and her then 16-year-old daughter, had said in a long statement before announcing his decision to stop: ‘Spontanity and happiness in the historic Moment caused us to perform a mutual and consensus action, a product of great enthusiasm.

“In no time there was any aggression, there was actually not even the slightest discomfort, but a crowded joy with both of us.”

Rubiales’ retirement mother Angeles Bejar went on a hunger strike in a church in his son’s hometown of Motril near Granada for two days at the end of August 2023, before being rushed to the hospital 48 hours into her protest.

She said at the time she had launched it to get Hermoso to ‘tell the truth’ about the kiss.

When she spoke from the inside of church before she got sick, she said, ‘I just want the truth to be told.

“She knows my son is very honest. If she tells the truth, everything will be resolved. ‘

With reference to Rubiales ‘infamous kiss, she added:’ It was an anecdote that she herself said and see how far it is gone.

“She should have a conscience and act after it.

‘My son is very worried and has asked me not to continue to stop, but I will be here until I fall and my body can continue.’

Rubiales are at the center of a separate corruption probe associated with alleged financial irregularities in his time as the leader of the Spanish FA.

He was arrested last April after flying back from the Dominican Republic, but was immediately released against the bail by police in front of a court appearance in front of a judge.

Examination of Magistrate Delia Rodrigo confirmed that he could remain on bail but had to ask for permission to leave Spain and sign once a month at court after quizzing him at the end of the same month as part of a running probe.

Two of Rubiales’ three daughters, Lucia and Ana, who were on the plane back to Spain from Australia in August 2023 with their father and the Spanish female players, must prove on his behalf next Monday.

Barcelona striker Alexia Putellas, part of Women’s World Cup-winning team, will give evidence on behalf of Hermoso on Thursday. Other witnesses include current Spanish manager Luis de la Fuente.

Rubiales have said of the daughters who could now come to his rescue in court: ‘They are very strong, stronger than me.

“I consider myself a tough guy, but when it comes to my daughters it’s not normal.”

He said at the Spanish FA’s extraordinary general meeting on August 25, 2023 in a direct attack on it as Spain’s then -Equality Minister Irene Montero, when he still insisted that he would never resign: ‘I would say to look at my three daughters who Are over there that today they have to learn a lesson about what equality is.

‘Equality does not differ when there is an opinion between what a man says and what a woman is saying. You have to distinguish between truth and lies and I tell the truth.

‘Daughters, learn it, it’s a life lesson. You are real feminists, not the false feminism that is out there.

“This false feminism is not seeking justice; truth, it doesn’t care about people.”

He told the Spanish news site El Espanol in an interview at the start of last year: ‘My daughters love me and I know they are proud of me, just as I’m proud of them.

‘They are normal girls who go to university and school and see that the majority of people cannot believe what has happened and do not believe in Jenni.

‘It brings them a little comfort and they say to me,’ See Dad. ‘ Everyone knows that person is lying. ‘

Hermoso, when she arrived at Madrid’s Baraja International Airport from Mexico, spoke to a Spanish TV station this weekend when she arrived at Madrid’s Baraja International Airport from Mexico.

“I’m 100 percent consistent in how I feel all the time, and that’s what’s important.

“I maintain that the kiss was unwanted. I am convinced that justice will be done. ‘

The ‘Kissgate’ trial takes place without a jury. The three judges are expected to set aside their sentence at the end of this month at the earliest in writing, and although he is sentenced and handed down a prison sentence, Rubiales could delay his imprisonment by appealing.

In any case, prison sentences of two years or less are normally suspended for first -time offenders.

In addition to a prison sentence, public prosecutors also said in their charges for trial that they wanted Rubiales to pay Hermoso £ 85,000 in compensation if convicted.