Former Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales has eggs thrown at him at book launch
Sign up now: Get the biggest sports news in your inbox
A video screengrab shows a person throwing eggs at former Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales (centre) during a book launch in Madrid, Spain, on Nov 13.
PHOTO: REUTERS
MADRID - Former Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales had eggs thrown at him during a book launch in Madrid on Nov 13, an attack he said was carried out by his uncle.
Rubiales, 48, was presenting his new book “Matar a Rubiales” (Killing Rubiales) at the Espacio Eventize media room in Madrid when a man in the audience began hurling eggs.
“It was my uncle, my blood uncle, who is a troublemaker and always has been,” Rubiales told Radio MARCA.
“He came in with some eggs and threw them at me, but I didn’t know what he had in his hands, and when I saw him burst in, I thought he was carrying a gun.”
In February, Spain’s High Court found Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso without her consent during Spain’s 2023 Women’s World Cup victory celebrations in Sydney.
He was fined more than €10,000 (S$15,000) and received a three-year ban by world soccer governing body Fifa. The incident caused a nationwide furore about sexism in Spanish society and women’s football, fuelling momentum for the “Me Too” movement in the country. REUTERS
Rubiales arriving at court in February 2025, where he was later found guilty of sexual assault.
PHOTO: REUTERS
