00:00 Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales has refused to quit for kissing World Cup star Jenny Hermoso
00:06 on the lips after Spain's World Cup victory. It's fuelled anger among players and government
00:11 ministers who branded his actions as unacceptable macho behaviour. Speaking at an emergency meeting
00:18 of the Royal Spanish Football Federation on Friday, Rubiales complained what he called
00:22 "false feminists" were "trying to kill me". He described the kiss as a "little peck".
00:28 It was, he said, "spontaneous and consensual" and he repeatedly said he would not resign,
00:33 drawing applause from the predominantly male audience.
00:36 Criticism of Rubiales' behaviour has built throughout the week. The incident occurred
00:46 while the players were being handed their medals after they beat England 1-0 in the
00:50 World Cup final in Australia. As players filed past, Rubiales grabbed Hermoso by the head
00:56 and planted a kiss on her mouth. The government confirmed on Friday it will take the incident
01:01 before a sport tribunal, where, if it can be proven the kiss was non-consensual, he could
01:06 be tried under a sexual violence law introduced by the ruling Socialists last year. Acting Labour
01:13 Minister Yolanda Díaz condemned Rubiales' speech, saying that "impunity for macho actions is over".
01:20 FIFA opened disciplinary procedures against him on Thursday after Hermoso said in a statement
01:25 her union was working to defend her interests and that such acts should "never go unpunished".
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