Luis de la Fuente denies involvement in plot to guard Rubiales

Luis de la Fuente denies involvement in plot to guard Rubiales

February 5 – Spain males’s coach Luis de la Fuente informed the Luis Rubiales ‘kissgate’ trial on Tuesday that he didn’t get entangled in discussions associated to Jenni Hermoso after she was kissed on the lips by the previous Spanish FA (RFEF) boss on the presentation ceremony.

On the second day of the trial by which former Spanish federation president faces prices of sexual assault and coercion, De la Fuente denied having participated in a gathering on the RFEF headquarters to attract up a method to guard the now disgraced Rubiales from any doable accusations from Hermoso.

Regardless of different witnesses having stated De la Fuente was current in Rubiales’s workplace on August 25, 5 days after the notorious kiss that made worldwide headlines, the coach stated he had been in a separate workplace and never concerned within the Rubiales’ effort to avoid wasting his pores and skin.

“I solely went to speak about soccer,” De la Fuente stated after being warned that as a witness in a felony trial he was obliged to inform the reality or face an accusation of perjury.

De la Fuente stated that he had slept more often than not on the flight from Australia again to Spain, throughout which some members of the RFEF occasion, together with Rubiales, had apparently mentioned a method to downplay the incident.

“No one talked to me or requested me about” a doable assertion, he insisted.

Rubiales, who denies the fees in opposition to him and has lengthy insisted the kiss was consensual, is ready to present proof later within the trial.

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