Footballer Jenni Hermoso will appeal the verdict of the Luis Rubiales World Cup kiss case, her lawyer has said. On Thursday, Spain's former football federation boss Rubiales was found guilty of sexual assault for kissing Hermoso without her consent and ordered by Spain's High Court to pay a fine of €10,

Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, was found guilty in a Madrid court on Thursday of sexually assaulting Spain player Jenni Hermoso when he forcibly kissed her at the 2023 Women's World Cup final.

Olga Tubau made the argument as part of her closing comments in Rubiales' trial for sexual assault and coercion. He denies all charges

Spanish soccer star Jenni Hermoso won a version of justice Thursday when Luis Rubiales, the former head of Spain’s soccer federation, was found guilty of sexual assault after kissing her forcibly on the lips on live TV following Spain’s Women’s World Cup win in 2023 in Australia.

Spain's High Court said on Thursday it had found former football federation boss Luis Rubiales guilty of kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and set a fine of over €10,000 ($10,434.00), but acquitted him of coercion.

Former president of the Spanish football federation ordered to pay a fine worth more than 10,000 euros, a fifth of what the prosecutor asked for

Spain’s National Court ordered Rubiales to pay more than 10,000 euros ($10,400) in fines and prohibited him from getting within 200 meters of Hermoso or communicating with her for a year. Prosecutors had asked for a prison sentence.

Jenni Hermoso will appeal the verdict in the case of former Spain football chief Luis Rubiales, who was fined after being found guilty of a forced kiss on the Women's