Luis Rubiales Has Eggs Thrown At Him During Book Launch In Madrid

The disgraced erstwhile Spanish shot federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales had eggs flung astatine him, allegedly by his uncle, during nan position of his caller book connected Thursday successful Madrid.

Rubiales, convicted of intersexual assault for a forced buss connected subordinate Jenni Hermoso, appeared to beryllium struck connected nan backmost by an ovum arsenic nan man Rubiales claimed was his uncle threw 3 successful nan guidance of nan 48-year-old.

“I’ve recovered retired he was my ain uncle, Luis Ruben he’s called. An uncle who is my age,” Rubiales told news portal Periodista Digital. “He threw eggs astatine maine because he’s a deranged person, and I don’t deliberation there’s immoderate justification for it. They’ve arrested him, they’ve taken him distant and, well, we’ll person to return action against him because I honestly thought he was armed.”

Rubiales aft nan incident astatine his book launch. Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock

National constabulary stated that a Spanish man had been arrested but declined to corroborate nan family connection.

Rubiales tried to pursuit aft his uncle earlier being held backmost by different group astatine nan arena to coming his book “Matar a Rubiales“ (Killing Rubiales). Speaking connected Spanish tv earlier this week Rubiales claimed he was nan unfortunate of a “sudden far-left movement” that created a “parallel reality” to capitalise connected nan rumor surrounding his forced buss connected Hermoso.

Rubiales was fined €10,800 for forcibly kissing Hermoso during nan badge ceremonial aft Spain won nan Women’s World Cup successful Sydney successful August 2023. The erstwhile RFEF main insists it was consensual and his lawyer said successful June he would entreaty nan condemnation astatine nan ultimate tribunal aft a Spanish appeals tribunal upheld his fine.

A man is led distant aft egging Rubiales. Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock

Spain’s penal codification dictates a non-consensual buss tin beryllium considered intersexual assault, a ineligible class encompassing each types of intersexual violence.

The buss sparked a world uproar forcing Rubiales to relinquish his post, it saw him banned from each football-related activity for 3 years and plunged nan federation into a prolonged play of turmoil. The matter made Hermoso, the all-time apical scorer for nan nationalist women’s team, a focal constituent of nan conflict against sexism and macho civilization successful sport.