Disgraced Spain FA chief Luis Rubiales’ mum locks herself in church and goes on HUNGER STRIKE over ‘inhumane witch-hunt’
LUIS RUBIALES’ mum Angeles Bejar has locked herself in a church and gone on hunger strike over the “inhumane witch-hunt” against her football chief son.
The retired hairdresser is carrying out her protest at the Divina Pastora Church in the Andalucia coastal resort of Motril east of Malaga where the suspended Spanish FA president grew up.
She began her hunger strike this morning accompanied by a sister, 48 hours after her son travelled to Motril for a holiday.
Angeles, whose husband is a former mayor of Motril, says she will continue her radical action until father-of-three son Luis receives “justice.”
She has also demanded World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso tells the “truth” about the kiss that led to Rubiales’ provisional suspension by Fifa on Friday.
The Spanish football boss has claimed the kiss after the end of the World Cup final between Spain and England in Sydney just over a week ago was “consensual” but the player insists she never consented to a kiss on the lips.
Left-wing Spanish politicians who branded it “sexual violence” when footage of the kiss first emerged are now being supported by mainstream commentators in condemning what happened.
The England Women’s football team and male players like Andres Iniesta have also criticised Rubiales, who was expected to resign on Friday before insisting he would fight attempts to oust him.
Luis’ mum has branded her son’s treatment a “inhumane and bloody witch-hunt.”
She told Spanish press: “They’re doing to my son something he doesn’t deserve.”
Repeating the version of events outlined by her son in his public defence of his actions, she added: “There’s no sexual aggression because there was consent by both parties.
“My son is incapable of harming anyone. As a mother I ask everyone for their understanding as this is a situation that could affect anyone.”
The pensioner and her sister are understood to have entered the church after the priest left this morning.
It was not immediately clear if police would be called to try to resolve the situation.
Spanish TV presenter Patricia Pardo called the latest development in the Kissgate saga “surreal”.