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Content <p>Spanish police on Wednesday arrested <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-football-chief-luis-rubiales-resigns-over-world-cup-kiss-sexism-scandal/">Luis Rubiales</a>, the disgraced former chief of the Spanish football federation. </p> <p>Rubiales was detained at Madrid&#8217;s airport after returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic, according to <a href="https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2024-04-03/luis-rubiales-ya-esta-en-espana-a-la-espera-de-pasar-a-disposicion-judicial.html" target="_blank">Spanish outlet El País</a>.</p> <p>The former head of Spanish football is being <a href="https://www.eldiario.es/politica/caso-supercopa-acecha-pique-salpica-federacion-futbol-contratos-dudosos-comisiones-andorra-ninguneo-justicia_1_11237922.html" target="_blank">investigated</a> for alleged acts of corruption and improper management in connection with the rehabilitation of Seville&#8217;s La Cartuja stadium and the staging of the Super Cup football match in Saudi Arabia.</p> <p>Authorities <a href="https://www.eldiario.es/politica/rubiales-comunica-jueza-preve-volver-espana-6-abril-total-disposicion-si-debe-regresar_1_11231316.html" target="_blank">raided</a> Rubiales&#8217; home in Granada two weeks ago as part of a wide-ranging investigation into corruption and money laundering within the Spanish football federation. Officers intended to arrest the former chief at the time but were unable to because he was on a business trip in the Dominican Republic. </p> <p>Rubiales, who has <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/39865278/ex-rfef-boss-rubiales-detained-police-corruption-probe" target="_blank">denied any wrongdoing</a>, returned to Spain voluntarily. He was released after questioning.</p> <p>Rubiales is the subject of a separate legal case related to his <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-football-impact-luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso-sexism-crisis/">non-consensual kiss</a> of footballer Jenni Hermoso last summer after the Spanish team won the 2023 Women’s World Cup.</p> <p>Spanish prosecutors are <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-prosecutors-2-5-years-prison-football-luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso/">seeking</a> a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for Rubiales, who has been charged with sexual assault and coercion.</p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-03 12:49:14.000000000 Z carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: Politico EU macro_region: Europe entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://www.politico.eu/?post_type=article&p=4532781 title: Spanish cops arrest disgraced football boss Luis Rubiales categories: - Corruption - Gender equality - Law enforcement - Sport - Politics content: |2 <p>Spanish police on Wednesday arrested <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-football-chief-luis-rubiales-resigns-over-world-cup-kiss-sexism-scandal/">Luis Rubiales</a>, the disgraced former chief of the Spanish football federation. </p> <p>Rubiales was detained at Madrid&#8217;s airport after returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic, according to <a href="https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2024-04-03/luis-rubiales-ya-esta-en-espana-a-la-espera-de-pasar-a-disposicion-judicial.html" target="_blank">Spanish outlet El País</a>.</p> <p>The former head of Spanish football is being <a href="https://www.eldiario.es/politica/caso-supercopa-acecha-pique-salpica-federacion-futbol-contratos-dudosos-comisiones-andorra-ninguneo-justicia_1_11237922.html" target="_blank">investigated</a> for alleged acts of corruption and improper management in connection with the rehabilitation of Seville&#8217;s La Cartuja stadium and the staging of the Super Cup football match in Saudi Arabia.</p> <p>Authorities <a href="https://www.eldiario.es/politica/rubiales-comunica-jueza-preve-volver-espana-6-abril-total-disposicion-si-debe-regresar_1_11231316.html" target="_blank">raided</a> Rubiales&#8217; home in Granada two weeks ago as part of a wide-ranging investigation into corruption and money laundering within the Spanish football federation. Officers intended to arrest the former chief at the time but were unable to because he was on a business trip in the Dominican Republic. </p> <p>Rubiales, who has <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/39865278/ex-rfef-boss-rubiales-detained-police-corruption-probe" target="_blank">denied any wrongdoing</a>, returned to Spain voluntarily. He was released after questioning.</p> <p>Rubiales is the subject of a separate legal case related to his <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-football-impact-luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso-sexism-crisis/">non-consensual kiss</a> of footballer Jenni Hermoso last summer after the Spanish team won the 2023 Women’s World Cup.</p> <p>Spanish prosecutors are <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-prosecutors-2-5-years-prison-football-luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso/">seeking</a> a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for Rubiales, who has been charged with sexual assault and coercion.</p> summary: Police swooped in when the former chief returned to Spain from the Dominican Republic. rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - content url: https://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-cops-arrest-disgraced-football-boss-luis-rubiales-former-chief-spanish-football-federation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication author: Ali Walker, Aitor Hernández-Morales

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