The judge from Majadahonda (Madrid) who is investigating the transfer of the Spanish Soccer Super Cup to Saudi Arabia has requested information about the trip with a woman to New York made by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales , supposedly paid with funds from this body. The head of the Investigating Court number 4 of Majadahonda, who is directing the investigation for an unfair administration crime, wants to verify the dates of that trip and has requested in a July ruling, advanced by The confidential and to which Efe has had access, the supporting documents.
The magistrate has been investigating Luis Rubiales, who has not yet been summoned to testify, for the transfer of the Super Cup to Saudi Arabia since last year, and has also reiterated the request that she sent to Andorra months ago in search of information for the case . Within the framework of this investigation, the magistrate has requested, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, information regarding Rubiales’ trip, which the president of the RFEF himself denied was personal in the framework of a general assembly of the institution, and indicated that the body He covered the displacement of three workers (he and two collaborators from his cabinet at that time).
Beyond this procedure, for the moment Rubiales is facing two complaints before the Higher Sports Council (CSD), under the Ministry of Culture and Sports, for the kiss on the mouth that he gave the player Jennifer Hermoso at the delivery of the trophy of the Women’s World Cup in Sydney, for which he has received a barrage of criticism and requests for his resignation.
The complaint presented by the president of the National School of Soccer Coaches in Spain (Cenafe), Miguel Galán, was joined on Tuesday by another from Sumar, who requests that he be removed from his position and “that the protocol of action against sexual violence. Galán also took this episode to both the Madrid Prosecutor’s Office and the State Attorney General’s Office, which have not yet ruled.
On Friday, an Extraordinary General Assembly of the RFEF is scheduled to be held after the request of the territorial federations of Spanish football, which transferred their support to Luis Rubiales, who is not considering resigning.
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