Luis Rubiales’ elderly mother has locked herself in a church and gone on a hunger strike over the “inhumane witch-hunt” against her football chief son.
The wild act came as Spanish prosecutors announced they would open a preliminary investigation into Rubiales’ actions at the World Cup final when he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips.
In a statement on Monday in Madrid, the Spanish national court said “prosecutors from the national court have opened a preliminary investigation to look into the facts, which could constitute an offence of sexual assault”.
The Spanish football boss has claimed the kiss after the end of the World Cup final between Spain and England in Sydney, just over a week ago, was “consensual” – but the player insists she never consented to a kiss on the lips.
Rubiales is resisting demands to step down from his role.
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