 The Spanish Football Federation has accused Jenni Hermoso of lying after she claimed that she did not consent to being kissed by Luis Rubiales after the Women's World Cup final. Rubiales was expected to resign as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following his conduct during Spain's victory over England in last Sunday's final, but in a defiant press conference on Friday, the 46-year-old vowed that he will not step down from his role and instead claimed that he is the victim of 'social murder' and 'false feminism'. In her statement released after Rubiales' press conference, Hermoso said: 'I want to clarify, that at no time did I consent to the kiss. 'I don't tolerate that my word is questioned, much less that words are invented that I haven't said.' Spain's players are refusing to represent their national team until Rubiales is removed from his role, while they have also received a message of support from the Lionesses. But the Spanish FA have now released a statement which accuses Hermoso of encouraging contact from Rubiales during the World Cup medal ceremony and have included images which they believe shows 'conclusive evidence' that Rubiales 'has not lied'. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The statement from the Spanish FA read: 'The Royal Spanish Football Federation has learned of the statement made public by the Futpro union in relation to the intervention of the President of the RFEF, Mr. Luis Rubiales, on the occasion of the Extraordinary Assembly of the RFEF. 'In the union's note, it is said to speak on behalf of Mrs. Jennifer Hermoso and some statements by the player are attributed to her that are in quotation marks, implying that they have been pronounced by her. 'The RFEF wishes to inform that the competent bodies of th){kind=link}
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The Spanish Football Federation has accused Jenni Hermoso of lying after she claimed that she did not consent to being kissed by Luis Rubiales after the Women’s World Cup final.
Rubiales was expected to resign as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following his conduct during Spain’s victory over England in last Sunday’s final, but in a defiant press conference on Friday, the 46-year-old vowed that he will not step down from his role and instead claimed that he is the victim of ‘social murder’ and ‘false feminism’.
In her statement released after Rubiales’ press conference, Hermoso said: ‘I want to clarify, that at no time did I consent to the kiss.
‘I don’t tolerate that my word is questioned, much less that words are invented that I haven’t said.’