Editorial: El País

• The National Court has fined Luis Rubiales 10,800 euros for a crime of sexual aggression, and must pay the player Jenni Hermoso 3,000 euros for moral damages.
• Rubiales is absolved of the crime of coercion that the Prosecutor's Office was charging him and the other accused.
• Rubiales announced his intention to appeal.
• The Prosecutor's Office initially asked for two and a half years in prison.
• The sentence supports Hermoso's and her Spanish team colleagues' account of the events.
• It is considered proven that Rubiales kissed Hermoso without her consent.
• The sentence emphasizes the importance of consent in determining the occurrence of a sexual assault.
• Rubiales did not receive a prison sentence due to the 'entity of the aggression'.
• Rubiales and his entourage's pressures and maneuvers are proven but all four are acquitted due to lack of violence or intimidation.
• It was proven that the RFEF activated all its power structure with the aim of forcing Hermoso to change her version.

Conclusion: The sentence reflects and evidences the intolerable situation in the RFEF uncovered in 2023, representing a major embarrassment for Spanish sport.

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