{"id":98382,"date":"2023-09-27T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=98382"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:30:48","slug":"chief-of-spains-winning-world-cup-womens-team-under-investigation-summoned-to-court-after-rubiales-kiss-scandal-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/sport\/chief-of-spains-winning-world-cup-womens-team-under-investigation-summoned-to-court-after-rubiales-kiss-scandal-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief of Spain\u2019s winning World Cup women\u2019s team under investigation & summoned to court after Rubiales 'kiss scandal' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE boss of Spain's winning World Cup women's team is being investigated and has been summoned to court for questioning.<\/p>\n
Coach Jorge Vilda was sacked in the wake of Luis Rubiales' now infamous kiss with striker Jenni Hermoso during the medal ceremony.<\/p>\n
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Vilda, 42, \u00a0who was coach and director of women\u2019s football, guided\u00a0Spain\u00a0to their first\u00a0Women's World Cup\u00a0triumph last month, beating\u00a0England\u00a0in the final, but was dismissed by the Spanish FA amid the fallout.<\/p>\n
In a fresh twist to the ongoing so-called kissgate scandal, he has been told he is being probed on suspicion of a crime of coercion.<\/p>\n
Former footballer Albert Luque, director of Spain\u2019s men\u2019s football team, has also been told he is now under investigation as a suspect – an "investigado" in Spanish.<\/p>\n
He has been ordered to appear in court in that capacity as well as Spanish FA marketing director Ruben Rivera.<\/p>\n
The dramatic turn of events comes after Jenni\u2019s brother Rafael and a friend of the footballer\u2019s gave evidence at the Audiencia Nacional court in Madrid which is probing former Spanish FA president Rubiales\u2019 kiss and claimed it was "unconsensual".<\/p>\n
Up until now 46-year-old dad-of-three Rubiales was the only person being formally investigated on suspicion of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
He has been accused of sexual aggression as well as coercion linked to his alleged attempts to get Jenni, 33, to come out publicly and say she had agreed to the infamous kiss after it went viral.<\/p>\n
Confirming the new summons, Audiencia Nacional sources said: \u201cJudge Francisco de Jorge has summoned the former team manager Jorge Vilda and the directors of the men\u2019s team Albert Luque and Ruben Rivera.<\/p>\n
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