Rubiales case: judge calls to declare former coach Jorge Wilda and coach Jorge Luque under investigation

National Court Judge Francisco de Jorge, who is investigating the case of the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales for crimes of sexual assault and coercion of a football player Jenny Hermoso, decided to involve former coach Jorge Vilda and national team director Albert Luque as subjects of investigation.

This decision of the magistrate was reported to Efe by legal sources, which He called them on October 10th. date when RFEF Marketing Director Ruben Rivera will also accept the statement as an investigation.

In the case of Rivera and Luque, the judge changed their status from witnesses to persons under investigation. The director of the men’s team, by the way, was initially called this Thursday as a witness.

With this change, De Jorge will retain the call scheduled for tomorrow, with women’s team press manager Patricia Perez and former RFEF integrity director Miguel Caba as witnesses, the National Court said in a statement.

The magistrate began his series of examinations Monday with testimony from Jenny Hermoso’s brother and friend, as well as two experts who prepared a report at the request of Rubiales’ defense.

The football player’s brother and her friend ratified and expanded the statement that the football player had already given to the prosecutor’s office when he formalized his complaint against Rubiales.

In it, she insisted that the kiss was not consensual and that both she and those around her were subject to pressure from those closest to the former RFEF president in order to publicly justify what happened.

For their part, defense experts, two of whom are sign language interpreters, also approved before the judge the report they prepared at the request of the former RFEF president.