There are indications that Spain’s Women’s World Cup captain, Jenni Hermoso has gone into hiding and is only surrounded by her family and closest friends amid the World Cup kissing scandal.
Anxiety broke out after Spain’s victory at the World Cup when Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales kissed her on the lips as she went to collect her winner’s medal.
As ‘Linda Ikeji reports’, she has faced accusations from her own FA of lying following the release of a video that showed her laughing at a meme of the incident.
According to Marca, the 33-year-old has taken refuge in the Spanish capital among family and friends, while remaining in regular contact with her representatives, MKT Jersey, and the players’ association, FUTPRO.The report claims that lawyers for the union are weighing up whether Hermoso should file a complaint of sexual assault to Spain’s National Court, which has already opened an investigation into Rubiales.
The forward, whose last public appearance came last Saturday when she was seen in the box of the Wanda Alcala de Henares Sports Center to watch the Women’s Cup final, is said to be keen to return to the side as soon as it is feasible.
But that will depend somewhat on the fallout from the video which surfaced on Wednesday.
Rubiales sent FIFA a copy of newly released footage showing the women’s football team celebrating and joking about his infamous kiss.
The clip was uploaded to X, formerly Twitter, by journalist Alvise Perez, and in it Hermoso can be seen laughing at a meme of her being kissed by Rubiales.
Now it has emerged he has sent the video to FIFA HQ to try and clear his name and a source close to him told MailOnline: ‘This video is gold dust for Rubiales.
Meanwhile, Rubiales, who is serving a 90-day suspension from FIFA, broke his own cover to collect his mother from hospital after she became ill while on hunger strike to support him.
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