The mother of Luis Rubiales, the Spanish football chief who was suspended for forcibly kissing a player during Spain’s World Cup victory, was hospitalized on the third day of her hunger strike. Angeles Bejar, who initiated her protest inside the Divina Pastora church in Motril, was transported to the hospital by emergency services, as confirmed by parish priest Antonio Rodriguez.
The priest shared, “I must inform you that she experienced a crisis and was urgently taken to the hospital. She’s no longer at the church.” He added that Angeles Bejar was dealing with various health challenges, not solely emotional stress.
Rubiales’ mother had vowed to remain in the church until Jenni Hermoso, the player who was kissed by her son, “reveals the truth” about the incident, a family member clarified.
“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. Motril hospital would not confirm that she had been admitted as a patient.
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 outcry.
