Some of you will be familiar with the case that is the subject of this article, and some of you will not be. For the latter group, a brief summary:
In 2023, Spain won the women’s football world cup in South Africa. As the team celebrated at the end of the match, the President of the Spanish Football Association, a fellow by the name of Luis Rubiales, approached the team’s star striker, a woman called Jenni Hermoso. Rubiales was 47, Hermoso was 34. Rubiales hugged her, kissed her cheek, and then grabbed her head in his two hands and kissed her on the mouth. Footage of the incident is below, on the right of screen. The whole thing takes about four seconds:
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