Spanish star Hermoso testifies about Rubiales's World Cup kiss

The incident sparked outrage across the football world and ignited one of the worst crises in the history of the sport in Spain.

Footballer Jenni Hermoso, on her way out of her testimony in Madrid on Tuesday. The case against the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales for alleged crimes of sexual assault and coercion faces its final stretch with the player's statement. Picture: Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge on Tuesday that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was "at no point consensual" and that she had come under pressure to defend his actions.

After arriving at the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid just before 10am, the 33-year-old went to testify before Judge Francisco de Jorge, who is investigating Rubiales on allegations of sexual assault and coercion.