Prosecutors said the judge was disrespectful and called for a new judge to oversee a new trial. Hermoso said the guilty verdict for Rubiales set an “important precedent” for women’s rights.

Prosecutors on Thursday requested that the trial of Spain's ex-football federation chief Luis Rubiales for his forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso be annulled and re-run, notably questioning the judge's ...

based on video footage shown in the court, in which the star player's face ... in the trial, Hermoso gave her own account of ...

In February, Rubiales was fined €10,800 (£9,052) for that offence but found not guilty of coercion over allegations he pressured Hermoso into publicly saying the kiss was consensual ...

England forward Alessia Russo has spoken out after the trial of Luis Rubiales, saying she has “teammates who have been through it.” Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football ...

Rubiales was also banned from going within a 200-metre radius of Hermoso and from communicating with her for a period of one year. He denied the charges and is also appealing the ruling.

FILE - The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales sits in a courtroom on the outskirts of Madrid, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward ...

which also cleared Rubiales and three other defendants of coercion. The prosecutors said in a statement that they were appealing the sentence and requested the trial be declared null and void and ...