Kiss in Hermoso 'was consensual' and 'without sexual connotations', reaffirms Rubiales

“It was a mutual act, she came to me very happy. She lifted me up, lifted me up in the air… We were both thrilled,” Rubiales said in an interview with the British television program Piers Morgan Uncensored.

“I had a quick conversation with her, we congratulated each other. I gave him a quick kiss. I asked: 'Can I give you a quick peck?', something normal in our country”, added the director in the interview.

“I think she gave me one or two pats on the back, she was laughing and that was about it. It wasn't intentional. It had no sexual connotations of any kind, it was just a moment of happiness, the great joy of the moment,” she explained.

In addition to the kiss with Hermoso, the former RFEF president's behavior in the women's World Cup final, touching his genitals, and his subsequent refusal to resign five days later at a federation assembly, led FIFA to suspend him for 90 days.

At the same time, the Spanish sports court opened a case and a judge from the National Audience, the country's main criminal court, summoned him to testify next Friday (15) in an investigation into an alleged crime of sexual assault.

“This became a snowball created with spurious arguments. My intentions were noble, 100% non-sexual,” Rubiales insisted.

The leader justified his hugs and his effusiveness by stating that “Latinos, for cultural reasons, are more fond of touching each other, it is quite normal in a Latin world”.

Rubiales admitted to feeling “embarrassed” by his behavior on stage at the Sydney stadium, alongside Queen Letizia, and regarding the kiss, he reiterated: “I made a mistake and I sincerely apologized.”

“A president can give a hug, but he has to act in a more diplomatic and cold way,” he added.

Rubiales, who denied having exerted pressure on Hermoso, stressed that he has “full confidence that the truth will come to light and everything will be fine.”

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