The mother of beleaguered Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales, who went on hunger strike in support of her son earlier this week, has been taken to a hospital after becoming “anguished and dizzy,” according to a local priest.
Ángeles Béjar locked herself in the Divina Pastora church in her hometown of Motril, in southern Spain, on Monday to protest the treatment of her son after he was suspended by FIFA for forcibly kissing World Cup player Jennifer Hermoso at the final. A priest at the church, who identified himself as Father Antonio, told reporters that Béjar had been taken to the hospital on Wednesday.
“I don’t think that this man committed a sexual assault like they’re saying. That seems too strong to me,” the friend said. Mounting pressure Spain defeated England at the World Cup final earlier this month but the team’s triumph has been overshadowed by the row surrounding Rubiales and significant anger from the women’s team against his leadership. Rubiales has admitted that he made a mistake kissing Hermoso but has claimed the act was consensual.
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