Luis Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has been accused of sexual harassment just days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar..
The allegations were made by Sonia Souid, a former employee of the RFEF, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Souid claims that Rubiales made unwanted sexual advances towards her on multiple occasions, including groping her and attempting to kiss her..
Souid says that she reported the harassment to her superiors at the RFEF, but that they did nothing to stop it. She eventually resigned from her job in 2020..
Rubiales has denied the allegations, calling them .
