The former First Division referee Xavier Estrada Fernández has filed a complaint with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) against its president, Luis Rubiales, for the episodes carried out during the final of the Women’s World Cup.
Whoever was a professional referee for twelve years requests that the protocol for action on sexual violence against Rubiales be initiated, alluding to his “inadmissible and embarrassing forced kiss” to the player Jennifer Hermoso.
Estrada recalls that the aforementioned protocol against Sexual Violence approved in June of this year is in force, which establishes that “sexual violence is a form of serious violation of fundamental rights” and threatens “dignity, physical and moral integrity and sexual freedom”.
This former referee, who left football to dedicate himself to politics on the lists of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), also calls for the resignation of the president of the RFEF and stresses that he does so, as well as when deciding to denounce the ‘Negreira case’ ‘, for his “resolute will to defend the sporting integrity of football in all its areas and manifestations”.
This is the second complaint against Rubiales in the last 24 hours. The first was that of Miguel Galán, president of the National School of Soccer Coaches in Spain (CENAFE), before the Higher Sports Council (CSD). “This is an intolerable sexist act of sport. Therefore, it is up to the Higher Sports Council to transfer my complaint to the Administrative Court of Sports to initiate a file to investigate the scope of the act regulated by the new sports law,” he said. the president of CENAFE in the complaint. Galán recalled that Ángel María Villar was already dismissed after carrying out the same procedure.
