Spain - Women World Cup Champions - 1 week later. (How not to manage a crises)

Not really. I think that its the usual thing now of everyone being afraid to speak out against the mob. But being required to actually take a side as people are nowadays, the easier option is to jump on the sexual assault bandwagon than to argue against it. They cant even say they have no opinion.

The man here is putting it up to everyone piling on, because they are all afraid of the mob too. Easier to be on the mobs side than take your chances against them. "Take me to court. Charge me with sexual assault. Lets see what an unbiased and uninfluenced court will say about it. Are you going to put me away for a few years for kissing a team member in celebration after winning the world cup." That where he is at now.

To me this is the samne thing as someone who has a an accident and there is no harm done and its all sorted out amicably because there was no harm done and all is good. Then one person goes home, has their ear bent by a few people around them and suddenly they are back saying they have whiplash.

I didn't forget that. I already highlighted it on this thread.

And even though you think it's moot, I'd still like to know - what do you think should happen to him?

Seriously I have tried to answer every question you have posed to me.

But you can't say if it turned out she didn't give consent, and then he forced the manager to put pressure on her to back him up and then threatened to sue her, you can't even say in that extremely hypothetical scenario he should be sacked?

Is she alleging Vilda forced her to back him up?

She alleged she was put under pressure to make the statement. I thought this was by Vilda but I can find where I thought I read that, so I retract that. Now can you answer my question, as I continue to answer yours?

August is what journalists refer to as 'the silly season' because parliaments are either on holiday or just back, so there typically are not enough serious news stories to fill the headlines.

To be fair that was a fairly hefty claim on your behalf. Completely false though.

Again it is probably worth knowing the actual facts before you try and get me to answer your questions.

Her allegation is she didn't make the statement, she trusted those who did so let them at it, according to her a week later. To be fair she hasn't really been consistent in this either.

A female Spanish sports journalist claimed her and her brother were fine with it and the whole thing was blown out of proportion, the mob turned on her and she soon recanted.

I'm paraphrasing her.

She basically said she never gives direct statements to AP after games she trusts the press officer at RFEF to do it on her behalf. So the narrative she was forced to sign a statement is false.

The Spanish Sports Journalist formed her opinion that it was overblown because she believed Hermoso and her brother agreed.

Ironically when the mob found out that wasn't her actual partner but her brother the outrage was swift.

Main reason this has escalated is because Rubiales has acted so boorishly and arrogantly. If he'd issued a sincere apology to Hermoso and admitted he had made a serious error of judgement and deeply regretted spoiling her victory day, the affair would have been forgotten within 48 hours. Instead, he started going off in another direction and eventually even blaming Hermoso.

If I was Hermoso's boyfriend, brother or father I think I'd be ok with that kiss under those circumstances. I'd probably think it was a little over the top but perfectly understandable given the excitement over the achievement.

Regarding consensuality in such a spontaneous situation, what was he meant to do? Ask her if it's ok if he kisses her on the lips, wait for an answer and then act accordingly?

So Hermoso is the victim of the mob now?

The photo is from before all this.

The mob concluded there is no way a kiss on the lips can be anything other than sexual and she should stop kissing her brother immediately because it is very creepy. -sic

An opinion she now seems to agree with ironically.

He did apologise the next day. Why are people ignoring that fact.

 "I was completely wrong, I have to admit it."

2 government ministers then accused him of sexual assault, a few days later he is being investigated criminally for sexual assault.

So the idea that if he just apologised it would have all been forgotten about is completely false.

Again this is very little to with a kiss.

Or like Prince William - The FA president?

That was the Euros in London, poor chap couldn't make it to Oz.

Yes, he was acting boorishly and was OTT in his celebrations. It was their moment, but he was making it all about him (and this was even without the unwanted Hermoso kiss).