“What I preserve, and can at all times preserve, and I’m satisfied that justice will (show), is there has by no means been any cash acquired in an irregular manner,” Rubiales instructed reporters after leaving the Madrid court docket.
Rubiales, 46, who resigned following world outrage after he forcibly kissed Girls’s World Cup star Jenni Hermoso final summer season after the ultimate, testified at size.
“I’ve answered all of the questions I used to be requested, if I’ve to come back right here once more I will likely be right here, collaborating – I’m the one most involved in clearing all the things up,” mentioned Rubiales.
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Rubiales should seem in court docket each month and ask permission from the choose earlier than making any journeys exterior of Spain, a court docket supply instructed AFP.
Rubiales was briefly detained on his return to Spain from the Dominican Republic at the beginning of April as a part of a probe into federation (RFEF) contracts signed since 2018, together with one signed by Rubiales to take the Spanish Tremendous Cup to Saudi Arabia.
“There has by no means been any irregular tender, we’ve got been paid with the utmost excellence and within the pursuit of legality,” added Rubiales.
On March twentieth investigators searched Rubiales’ home within the southern metropolis of Granada amongst 11 places within the alleged graft scandal.
The raids had been a part of “an investigation linked to presumed crimes linked with corruption in enterprise, fraudulent administration and cash laundering”, based on judicial sources.
The Tremendous Cup contracts are value €40 million a 12 months ($43.3 million) with the deal brokered by Kosmos, an organization owned by former Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique.
The Spanish Tremendous Cup befell for the primary time in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
It returned to Spain for a 12 months through the Covid-19 pandemic however the subsequent three editions have returned to the oil-rich Gulf state.
New Spanish soccer president Pedro Rocha can be beneath investigation within the alleged graft case.
Rocha served as federation vice-president beneath Rubiales, then changed him on an interim foundation earlier than being elected as chief this week.
Rubiales can be set to go on trial over the non-consensual kiss on Hermoso’s lips, which beneath Spanish legislation will be classed as sexual assault.