A journalist describes the history of feminist activism in Spain and why the World Cup controversy marks a new phase.
When the case reached the courtroom, earlier this month, Rubiales submitted his resignation. He is facing charges of sexual assault and coercion, owing to his repeated appeals for Hermoso to side with him. The case has provoked new conversations around abuse in élite sports and reinvigorated the Spanish #MeToo movement. To discuss its evolution, I spoke with Ana Pastor, a prominent Spanish journalist, who founded the media outlet Newtral.
You partnered with Netflix a few years ago to produce a documentary about Nevenka’s case. Tell me how the project came into being, and why you decided it was the right time to bring her story back. Well, it is the evolution of our country, and I would like to think that of many others. It is true that it has taken two decades. That man still lives in Ponferrada. He has continued to cast doubts on the sentence—even though it wasn’t just one court but two that ruled in favor of Nevenka. This is something that I’ve talked about at length with her. The whole harassment process was very painful. But what hurt her the most was feeling as alone as she was. I think that has now changed somehow.
Those statements are particularly relevant because they were issued by the federation, as you say, which suggests that the problem didn’t rest only in Rubiales as an individual but in the system that tried to protect him. There has been a debate in Spain around the case against Plácido Domingo, because some of the victims asked that their names be withheld. [
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