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<\/p>\nTHE mother of disgraced Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has been taken to hospital on the third day of her hunger strike.<\/p>\n
Angeles B\u00e9jar, 72, had been staging the protest due to the "inhuman treatment" she claims her son is facing in the fallout of the World Cup "Kissgate" scandal.<\/p>\n
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B\u00e9jar had locked herself inside the Divina Pastora church in her hometown of Motril, Grenada refusing to leave or to eat.<\/p>\n
Luis Rubiales is engulfed in a storm of public anger after planting a "non-consensual" kiss on player Jenni Hermoso after their World Cup victory, which led to his 90-day suspension by FIFA on Saturday.<\/p>\n
B\u00e9jar had planned a press conference this evening, however her parish priest announced that she was instead rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n
Father Antonio told reporters: "It was because of the heat and everything. Her feet were swollen and she was tired.<\/p>\n
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"She was also nervous."<\/p>\n
He added: "She was very bad, anguish, dizziness… she said she noticed something strange, a palpitation."<\/p>\n
Antonio also revealed that the retired hairdresser will not return to her hunger strike or confinement due to her health problems.<\/p>\n
"She is an elderly lady," he said.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Only 24 hours before, she has told Spanish TV via Whatsapp: \u201cI will stay here as long as my body holds out. I don\u2019t mind dying for justice because my son is a decent person and it\u2019s not fair what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n The current whereabouts of Rubiales are unknown and he has not been seen in public since he shocked the world by\u00a0refusing to resign at an extraordinary Spanish FA general assembly\u00a0last Friday.<\/p>\n He has reportedly\u00a0travelled to Motril for a holiday\u00a0despite the town hall\u2019s cancellation of a football match he was due to take part in with friends at a municipal stadium for \u201csecurity reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n Two or Rubiales' cousins were also at the church where his mother was staging her hunger strike to defend the football chief.<\/p>\n Vanesa Ruiz Bejar declared: \u201cThere\u2019s a campaign of harassment occurring that is very unfair.<\/p>\n \u201cLuis' mum who is a very religious person has sought refuge in God and started a hunger strike. She doesn\u2019t want to come out of the church.<\/p>\n "We are all suffering a lot because of what\u2019s happened to Luis which doesn\u2019t seem at all fair to us."<\/p>\n However, it is only the latest in a \u00a0string of scandals to hit the Rubiales family after\u00a0his uncle told an anti-corruption trial\u00a0last year that Luis had illegally used RFEF funds to rent a\u00a0luxury villa for an "orgy".<\/p>\n It comes as Rubiales\u00a0is now\u00a0facing a "sexual assault" probe\u00a0after kissing World Cup hero Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth.<\/p>\n Rubiales has\u00a0refused to resign\u00a0over the scandal – prompting mass walkouts of players and staff and plunging the\u00a0World Cup-winning nation into crisis.<\/p>\n He\u00a0has insisted the kiss was consensual\u00a0and that he is the victim of character assassination by "false feminists".<\/p>\n In a powerful statement, Hermoso said: "I felt vulnerable and a victim of an assault, an impulsive, macho act, out of place and with no type of consent on my part."<\/p>\n But on Monday, Spanish FA chiefs demanded Rubiales quit, with\u00a0Fifa provisionally suspending him\u00a0for 90 days and launching proceedings.<\/p>\n The Spanish FA's regional presidents held a five-hour meeting on Monday – concluding he should resign immediately.<\/p>\n In a lengthy statement they said: "After the latest events and the unacceptable behaviours that have seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, the presidents request that Mr. Luis Rubiales immediately present his resignation as president of the RFEF."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/VP-TRANSFER-LIVE-BLOG-21-AUG-COMP-3-3.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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