Prosecutors had sought a prison term of two-and-a-half years for Rubiales — one year for sexual assault and 18 months for coercion — for having allegedly pressured the player to downplay the incident afterwards. The judge at Spain’s High Court found Rubiales guilty of sexual assault over the kiss and fined him 10,800 euros ($11,300), but spared him a prison sentence. Rubiales was also banned from getting within a radius of 200 metres of Hermoso and from communicating with her for a period of one year. Video footage of the…
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