The players' union representing the Women’s World Cup winner kissed without her consent by the president of the Spanish soccer federation said Wednesday that his inappropriate act should not go unpunished.
Jenni Hermoso, who was kissed forcibly by federation head Luis Rubiales during Sunday’s awards ceremony, said in a statement that the FUTPRO players' union and her agent would “defend my interests and speak on my behalf.”
In the immediate uproar over the kiss, the federation released a statement in the name of Hermoso in which she downplayed the incident. Later, a local media report by sports website Relevo.com said that the federation had coerced her to making the statement. The federation has denied this to The AP. “Spanish sports did not offer a good image as far as its leaders were concerned,” Francos told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Madrid.
“The gesture of grabbing his testicles in the tribune is a gesture that no one can defend,” Francos said. “Things have happened that should not have happened. As president of the Higher Council for Sports, I can’t deny that this generates a bad image.” “Everyone knows that the attitude had that day is unacceptable,” said Francos."We will have to see if he is the right public face” to lead this bid for Spain.
The federation has launched an internal investigation into whether Rubiales breached the federation’s protocol against sexism. That protocol establishes “forced kissing” as a punishable act.
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