Police Raid Ex-Spanish Soccer President’s Property In Corruption Probe
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Luis Rubiales, who faces trial over his Women's World Cup kiss of Jenni Hermoso, is now under investigation over a deal to hold Spain’s Super Cup in Saudi Arabia.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales says he will return to Spain to face a judicial probe into the business deal to hold the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, court officials said on Thursday.
Rubiales was in the Dominican Republic when police raided a property belonging to him in Granada and the offices of the Spanish Football Federation in Madrid on Wednesday in a corruption and money laundering investigation.
Officers made seven arrests. Rubiales was identified as one of five additional individuals put under investigation.
A court official told The Associated Press that Rubiales’ lawyer informed a Madrid-based court in the hours after the raids that he was willing to cooperate with authorities and had plans to fly home on April 6, but that he would be willing to come sooner if requested by a judge.
Rubiales’ lawyer included a copy of his plane ticket to fly back from the Dominican Republic. The court official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
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