Rubiales is accused of sexual assault and of trying to coerce Hermoso to publicly support him after the incident in Sydney.

The kiss following Spain's Women's World Cup win became a reckoning for Spanish soccer, with several of the sport's former top male officials on trial in Madrid.

World Cup champion Jenni Hermoso was in Madrid's High Court on Monday denying ex-Spain soccer president Luis Rubiales' controversial kiss on her in 2023 was consensual.

Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso today told a court how an unwanted kiss on the lips from her former boss after winning the ...