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Luis Rubiales could face a prison sentence of two and a half years if convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips against her will, court documents have shown. The former Spanish football federation chief has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion in the aftermath of the kiss, offences carrying jail terms of one year and 18 months respectively.

The 46-year-old grabbed ­Hermoso and kissed her on the lips on 20 August during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England in the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney, sparking global outrage and ­causing a national debate in Spain about ­sexism. ­Hermoso and her teammates said the kiss was unwanted and demeaning, but Rubiales argued it was consensual and denied any wrongdoing.

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[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Whew. You sure you want to argue that child molester punishments should set the bar on sexual assault criminal punishment? Cause I'd be OK with stringing up pedophiles by their ball sacks and letting fire ants eat them from the asshole out. But I digress.

What you are saying is that if you were out at a bar, and someone, anyone really, but lets say for the sake of argument it's Harvey Weinstein, came up and kissed your partner on the mouth without their consent, a month is fine? What if he kissed your daughter? Just grabbed either of them by the ears and planted a slobbery mouthful of sexual assault on them. A month is good? He could walk free? How do you think your partner would feel? How about your daughter? What if it was televised? What if it became their life for the next year in a very public court case? A month? Just let me know when you are out and about with someone you care about. I've got a few weeks of vacation saved up, I can take the hit and spend some time in the clink.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

So you're saying if a female coworker that had a bit too much to drink at the office new year party gives me an uninvited hug and kiss, I can sure her and she gets 30 months in jail?

[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 8 points 6 months ago

It depends.

  1. Is she the leader of a powerful group of cronies in the office that had been the subject of complaints about inappropriate sexist and creepy behaviour for many years, with all complaints dismissed because the offenders held all the power?

  2. When you complained about it, did she insist that it was consensual and that you were lying when you said it was not?

  3. Did she use the company website to publish statements calling you a liar, including threats to prosecute you for lying?

[-] bushparty@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

Yes. As the law states. If a woman or a man did this they would be able to be sued for up to the maximum sentence if found guilty of the crime. Why is this hard?

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmmm. Well, that does change things, doesn't it. I hadn't thought about it from the opposite perspective, or even dreamed about the ramifications of what could happen if mind altering substances were in the mix. Fuck. Now I really have to think about it.

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Yep. 30 months. Keep your shit together or face the consequences. If you can't be trusted to not get handsy when you are on the sauce, then it is your responsibility to stay away from the gutrot, not society's responsibility to condone your actions.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

That is certainly a take.

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