A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales for kissing a player on the lips without consent after Spain won the Women's World Cup.
Miquel Iceta, acting minister of culture and sport and the government's sports council that is linked to the legal panel announced the move on Friday.Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for his behavior during and after the recent World Cup final in Sydney.
The government hoped the panel would recommend very serious misconduct, a category that would allow the state's sport body to ban him provisionally with a view to eventually declaring him unfit to hold the job.The panel decision does put more pressure on Rubiales. The player involved, Jenni Hermoso, has denied Rubiales' claim that she consented to what he called the "mutual" kiss during the Aug. 20 medal ceremony after the Spanish victory.
On Tuesday, the federation suspended Rubiales' wages and ordered him to return the federation car, his laptop and mobile phone. On Friday, the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, said he urged Rubiales "to say sorry, explain what he did and then, without doubt, consider resigning."
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