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Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, has lost an appeal against his sexual assault conviction.
Rubiales was fined just under €11,000 in February for kissing captain Jenni Hermoso without her consent after Spain’s women won the 2023 World Cup.
A Spanish appeals court upheld the fine, and also dismissed a separate appeal from prosecutors, who had sought a retrial and pushed for a jail sentence.
At the original trial, Hermoso said she had not given permission for the kiss, which she felt disrespected her and stained one of the happiest days of her life.
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