Rubiales is accused of sexually assaulting striker Jenni Hermoso following Spain’s victory over England at the 2023 Women’s World Cup and allegedly coercing her to downplay the incident which caused a scandal in the wake of it.
The trial, which has been relayed live on Spanish television, has gripped the country.
The woman, who did not want to give her name, played for a club in La Liga for six years.
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Read More“I am proud of Jenni Hermoso and the other Spain players because if they had not stood up and said ‘Se acabo‘ – it’s over – then we would never see any change.
Jessica Dottie, 15, is British and plays for RCD Espanyol which is in La Liga and has trained with the England team.
“It remains a male-dominated environment, where people are appointed because of their personal relationships, then automatically respected and trusted because of their role,” he told The i Paper.
Jessica Dottie, who plays for RCD Espanyol and has trained with England (Photo: Chris Dottie)
Mr Dottie said most coaches of girls’ teams are male and he has seen little evidence of programmes to appoint more women in leadership roles.
“Coaches seem to be appointed because of who they know without any real transparency or structure to the hiring process.
Laia Bonals, who covers female sport for El Periodico, a regional newspaper based in Barcelona, said she believed social change in relation to sexist behaviour in sport will only come in the long term.
Luis Rubiales during his trial in Madrid (Photo: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)“I don’t think this made a big change. I think that will only happen in the long run. I think it has made people think about what gestures are acceptable and what are not. People are thinking about whether women give or not their consent and people have to respect this.”
After Rubiales’s two-week trial concluded, judge José Manuel Clemente Fernández-Prieto Gonzalez retired to consider his verdict, which is not expected until next month.
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