The sports official had previously been defiant about leaving his role.

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Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), on August 25, 2023. He now says he will resign after a scandal involving a non-consensual kiss with player Jenni Hermoso.
Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), on August 25, 2023. He now says he will resign after a scandal involving a non-consensual kiss with player Jenni Hermoso.

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MADRID (AP) — Suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales says he will resign after kiss scandal.

This comes after his defiant refusal to step down after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent following Spain’s World Cup win in August.

After the incident, Hermoso denied Rubiales claims the kiss was consensual in a statement from her union, FUTRPO.

“I won’t tolerate anyone putting in doubt my word and even more so that anyone invents words that I did not say,” she said.

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