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Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
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Except is exactly fits the legal definition of sexual assault.
For what jurisdiction? There's not one legal definition. Every country, and every state in the US, has their own definitions.
My state, for example, defines it as (paraphrasing) unwanted contact with intimate areas for the purpose of sexual gratification or humiliation, or to intentionally harm. It's a bit subjective and open to interpretation, but there's no way anyone would get convicted under this statute for a short, closed-mouth celebratory kiss.
Again, it's assault, and it's gross and inappropriate, but it doesn't meet all the elements of sexual assault.
For one, the Spanish jurisdiction, that is the one that applies to this case. Arguing that other countries have backwards laws is irrelevant to the matter at hand.
Right, show me where the Spanish criminal code explicitly defines a kiss as sexual contact.
Go ask that question to the prosecutors
https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2023-08-28/la-fiscalia-abre-diligencias-contra-rubiales-por-un-posible-delito-de-agresion-sexual.html