{"id":13517,"date":"2023-08-29T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13517"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:51:51","slug":"spanish-football-federation-puts-pressure-on-luis-rubiales-to-resign-after-kissgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/spanish-football-federation-puts-pressure-on-luis-rubiales-to-resign-after-kissgate\/","title":{"rendered":"RFEF Puts Pressure On Rubiales To Resign After \u2018Kissgate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/luis-rubiales-kissing-and-jumping-on-jennifer-hermoso.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Rubiales kissing and jumping on Jennifer Hermoso\" width=\"300\" title=\"RFEF Puts Pressure On Rubiales To Resign After \u2018Kissgate\u2019\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13519\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Royal Spanish Football Federation wants Spanish football President  to step down over \u2018kissgate\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Luis Rubiales has so far resisted the calls for him to resign <\/li>\n<li>Rubiales\u2019s mother is reported to have gone on a hunger strike to protest the unfair treatment being dished out to her son<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spain\u2019s brilliance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/fifa-womens-world-cup-2023-preview\">2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> has been overshadowed to a certain extent by the \u2018<em>kissgate<\/em>\u2019 scandal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/fifa-womens-world-cup-2023-final-spain-vs-england-preview\">Spain ended up beating England in the final<\/a> on August 20 at Stadium Australia in Sydney to win their first ever Women\u2019s World Cup. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Luis Rubiales<\/strong>, President for Spanish football was caught on camera celebrating the victory by hugging and then kissing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jennihermoso\">Jennifer Hermoso<\/a><\/strong> who would later say she did not like what Hermoso did. <\/p>\n<h2>Luis Rubiales Problems Mount<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2018<em>kissgate<\/em>\u2019 scandal refuses to die down even after a week as there have been protests across Spain for Rubiales to step down from his role as President. The <a href=\"https:\/\/rfef.es\">Royal Spanish Football Federation<\/a> (RFEF) carried out a very long meeting in Madrid on Aug 28 and at the end of the meeting, released a statement demanding the resignation of Rubiales.<\/p>\n<p>RFEF which is made up of presidents from the regional bodies of football across Spain released a statement <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After the latest developments and the unacceptable behaviour that has caused great damage to the image of Spanish soccer, the presidents request that Luis Rubiales resign immediately as president of the RFEF.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Audiencia Nacional<\/strong> which is the top criminal court in Spain will also have to look into a preliminary investigation launched by prosecutors who want the court to examine the facts regarding possible sexual assault. Multiple groups of Spanish protestors also took to the street to protest Rubiales\u2019s decision to not resign.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/orSex2l6EBo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Mother Decides To Go On A Hunger Strike To Save Her Son<\/h2>\n<p>Media reports state that Rubiales mother has decided to come to her son\u2019s defense by locking herself in a church and stating that she would begin a hunger strike to stop her son from being falsely accused. <\/p>\n<p>While the media have portrayed it as a hunger strike, <strong>Demeiza Bejar Sanchez<\/strong> who is a cousin to Rubiales stated that this was a normal and logical reaction from a mother who wanted to fast and pray to seek God\u2019s help to stop a blood 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