The mother of Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales is on a hunger strike over the “inhuman” treatment of her son. The 46-year-old supremo has come in for damning criticism from all quarters after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s Women’s World Cup final win.
Angeles Bejar, Luis Rubiales’ mother, has locked herself in a church in Motril and has told Spanish news outlet EFE that her strike will continue “indefinitely — day and night.” She also added that the “inhuman and bloody hunt that they are doing with my son is something he does not deserve.”
“This is very hard. To say that there is a harassment is not fair,” Vanessa Ruiz Bejar, Rubiales’ cousin and family spokesperson, told Teledeporte. “That his mother, who is a person of great faith, has taken refuge in God and is on a hunger strike and does not want to leave the church. That his family is suffering very much on his behalf. It is not fair what is happening.
“He has been judged ahead of time and he should be left in peace. We want Jenni to tell the truth. Why has she changed her story three times? Our family has been harassed. This woman should tell the truth. Jenni, you should tell the truth. We want…
