Luis Rubiales, heading to the giant screen: they are preparing a documentary about the life of the controversial leader

The name of Luis Rubiales does not stop appearing in the Spanish press. From the non-consensual kiss that he gave to the soccer player Jenni Hermoso In the final of the Women's World Cup in August 2023, the former president of the Real spanish soccer federation He has not stopped being involved in controversies.

The new chapter in this story is an alleged contract that the man born in Las Palmas would have signed agreeing to an advance for a film about his life in the Federation. According to information from the journalist Alejandro Entrambasaguasin the program Four a Day, The negotiation would have taken place at the end of 2023 in Los Angeles with the American production company Passage Pictures.

According to the newspaper The debate, of which the journalist is a part, the advance money is undetermined and has not yet been disbursed to Rubiales. “We have had access to the contract and there is a clause in it that talks about an advance, but it does not say the amount,” Entrambasaguas mentions.

The project, barely in the casting and script stage, would seek to objectively portray the former leader's arrival at the federation and his subsequent decline. Additionally, I would try to portray the power structure within professional football.

The Rubiales case: What happened?

The National Court received a request from the prosecutor's office to grant him a sentence of two and a half years in prison to the former leader of the federation following what happened in Sydney, in the final of the Women's World Cup. Besides, FIFA disqualified him for three years restricting him from participating in football-related activities.

At the momentRubiales also faces an investigation into irregularities in contracts related to the Spanish Super Cup disputed in Saudi Arabia. In these contracts The company Kosmos, owned by former FC Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué, is also involved.

On March 20, the Spanish Civil Guard raided his home in Granada while Rubiales was outside Spain. When he returns to the country to appear in court on Saturday, April 6, he will be detained by the authorities and taken to court.

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