Mother of disgraced Spain football chief Luis Rubiales’ mum ‘rushed to hospital’ amid hunger strike

The mother of disgraced Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales has been hospitalised on the third day of her hunger strike in Spain.

The mother of Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales has been hospitalised on the third day of her hunger strike in Spain.

Angeles Bejar, who began her protest against her son’s treatment inside the Divina Pastora church in the southern seaside town of Motril, was evacuated and taken to hospital on Wednesday by the emergency services, parish priest Antonio Rodriguez told reporters.

“I have to tell you that she had a seizure and had to be rushed to hospital. She is no longer here,” said the priest, adding that Angeles Bejar was “tired, with many (health) problems, and not just anaemia.

“It was because of the heat and everything. Her feet were swollen and she was tired. She was also nervous.”

Angeles Bejar (L) has been taken to hospital. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP)

Antonio also revealed that the retired hairdresser will not return to her hunger strike or confinement due to health problems, stating simply that “she is an elderly lady”.

Only 24 hours before, Bejar told Spanish TV via Whatsapp: “I will stay here as long as my body holds out. I don’t mind dying for justice because my son is a decent person and it’s not fair what they’re doing.”

Rubiales’ mother had promised to stay locked up in the church until Jenni Hermoso, the player who was kissed on the mouth by her son, “tells the truth” about what happened, a family member explained.

President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales (R) kisses Jennifer Hermoso of Spain (L). (Photo by Noemi Llamas/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

“This harassment is not fair. His mother, who is very religious, found refuge with God. She has started a hunger strike and does not want to leave the church”, her niece Vanessa Ruiz Bejar said on Monday.

Rubiales, 46, grew up in Motril and his father was the resort town’s former mayor.

FIFA suspended him on Saturday after he forcefully kissed Hermoso on the mouth after Spain won the Women’s World Cup in Australia on August 20, sparking an international outcry.

The development comes as new footage emerges of Rubiales’ infamous World Cup kiss that contradicts his claims that the kiss was “consensual”.

Novas imagens desmentem versão da Federação espanhola ⬇️

REF garantiu em comunicado que a Hermoso tinha levantado Rubiales enquanto o abraçava. pic.twitter.com/D6dQI34BSy

— Cabine Desportiva (@CabineSport) August 28, 2023

At an emergency meeting of the Spanish football federation, Rubiales claimed Hermoso lifted him up and the kiss was a mutual interaction.

“Jenni was the one who lifted me up,” he said. “I told her to ‘forget about the penalty’ and I said to her ‘a little peck?’ and she said ‘OK’.”

But new footage from a different angle in Sydney’s Stadium Australia shows Rubiales jumped into Hermoso’s arms, lifting himself off his feet before kissing her on the lips.

- with The Sun