Alcaraz speaks on Rubiales kiss row: ‘Not a behaviour to be proven by somebody in a excessive place’

Carlos Alcaraz on Wednesday additionally progressed to the second spherical at US Open. AP

Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday stated he hopes for a fast decision to the Ladies’s World Cup kiss scandal involving the nation’s soccer chief Luis Rubiales.

Prosecutors at Spain’s prime felony court docket have opened a preliminary investigation into Rubiales’ forcible kiss on the lips of participant Jenni Hermoso on grounds it might represent a criminal offense of “sexual assault”.

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“My opinion is that it’s not behaviour that needs to be proven by somebody in a excessive place,” Alcaraz stated after successful his first spherical match on the US Open.

“That’s the one opinion that I’m going to provide on the matter and we hope it’s resolved quickly as a result of the ladies’s crew has achieved one thing historic and that they haven’t been given as a lot credit score for what they’ve carried out is a disgrace.”

Rubiales has vigorously defended the unsolicited kiss as “only a peck” that was totally consensual, and repeatedly refused to resign.

However Hermoso stated the undesirable kiss had left her feeling “susceptible and just like the sufferer of an assault”, describing it as “an impulsive, macho act, misplaced and with no kind of consent on my half”.

Rubiales additionally got here underneath fireplace for grabbing his crotch with each palms as he celebrated Spain’s 1-0 win towards England whereas standing subsequent to Spain’s Queen Letizia.