A choose at Spain’s Excessive Court docket on Thursday discovered Rubiales responsible of sexual assault over the kiss and fined him 10,800 euros ($11,300), however spared him a jail sentence.
“After every little thing, this can create an essential precedent in a social atmosphere the place there’s nonetheless a lot to be completed,” mentioned the participant in a put up on social media platform Instagram.
“I’ve my coronary heart full with every of the individuals who have been, are, and can proceed with me on this combat.
“And now, sure, it is over.”
The phrase “it is over” was utilized by Hermoso and her team-mates of their combat for justice after the incident, which occurred after Spain received the ladies’s World Cup in September 2023.
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Rubiales initially refused to resign from his place as federation chief however ultimately departed beneath immense world stress.
On Friday, the footballer’s lawyer, Angel Chavarria, informed AFP that his intention was to attraction the sentence, with prosecutors having sought a jail time period of two-and-a-half years for Rubiales.
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Rubiales was additionally acquitted of coercion, for allegedly attempting to stress Hermoso into making a public assertion that the kiss was consensual.
The 47-year-old additionally mentioned after the decision that he’ll attraction.
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