After a brief trip to the hospital, Ángeles Béjar has ended her hunger strike in support of her embattled son, Spanish federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales.
Béjar declared a hunger strike on Monday, saying she would stay inside the Divina Pastora church in Motril, Spain until the “inhuman, bloodthirsty witch hunt which my son is being subjected to” came to an end.
Rubiales remains under intense pressure after kissing Spain star Jenni Hermoso on the lips following the World Cup final, an act Hermoso insisted was not consensual.
Despite increasing calls for his resignation, Rubiales has insisted he will stay in his post, even after a provisional 90-day suspension by FIFA and the entire Spain women’s national team going on strike until he is ousted.
Amid the firestorm surrounding her son, Béjar locked herself inside the Divina Pastora church until Wednesday when, according to a priest at the church identifying himself as Father Antonio, she began to feel “anguished and dizzy.”
“I need to tell you that she has had a crisis, she has worsened and they needed to take her urgently to the hospital,” Father Antonio told reporters outside the church around 6:15 p.m.
“So she’s not here anymore, she had to leave for the hospital because the woman was already tired and had lots of issues already, even some anemic issues so she had to leave.”
According to EFE and the Europa Press, Béjar was treated at the hospital until she was released at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Both outlets reported that Béjar had ended her hunger strike.
EFE added that Béjar “is progressing favorably as she has responded satisfactorily to the treatment.”
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