00:00 Madrid erupts in purple as thousands turn out to support their national team footballer
00:07 Jenny Hermoso.
00:09 The backlash over a kiss forced upon her continues to grow.
00:12 "If in front of millions of people, Rubiales had the legitimacy to kiss a female footballer
00:21 on the mouth, what happens during private training camps?"
00:25 It's chaos within the Spanish Football Federation. Eight days after he kissed Hermoso on the
00:29 mouth at the World Cup final, Luis Rubiales was asked to step down as president of the
00:34 federation by its regional leaders, having already been suspended by FIFA.
00:39 But earlier on Monday, an ally of Rubiales within the Spanish Federation called on the
00:43 European governing body UEFA to suspend Spanish teams from international competitions, claiming
00:49 the government had unduly interfered in the running of Spanish football by pressuring
00:53 Rubiales to resign.
00:55 In another dramatic turn of events, Rubiales' mother locked herself in a church and began
01:00 a hunger strike, joining a backlash to the backlash.
01:03 "We want justice to be done and this woman to tell the truth. Jenny, tell the truth."
01:09 Spain's top criminal court has opened an investigation into whether the kiss constituted sexual assault.
01:15 More than 80 Spanish players are on strike until Rubiales is gone.
01:19 (audience applauding)
