BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Rubiales, the previous president of Spain’s soccer federation, has been ordered to offer testimony to a Spanish choose investigating his kiss of a participant on the Women’s World Cup.

Judge Francisco de Jorge ordered Rubiales to reply his questions on Friday at Spain’s National Court in Madrid, in accordance with courtroom paperwork seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Rubiales kissed Spain ahead Jenni Hermoso throughout the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on Aug. 20 in Sydney, Australia. He mentioned she had consented to the kiss, however Hermoso has denied that.

Spanish state prosecutors formally accused Rubiales final week of alleged sexual assault and an act of coercion when, in accordance with Hermoso, he pressured her to talk out in his protection instantly after the scandal erupted.

Rubiales introduced on Sunday that he was resigning from his publish, from which he had already been provisionally suspended by FIFA.

De Jorge is finishing up the preliminary investigation into the accusations towards Rubiales, and can then determine whether or not the case ought to go to trial.

According to a sexual consent legislation handed in Spain final 12 months, Rubiales may face a nice or a jail sentence of 1 to 4 years if discovered responsible of sexual assault. The new legislation eradicated the distinction between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault,” sanctioning any nonconsensual sexual act.

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