Luis Rubiales' uncle makes Benidorm joke after pelting former Spanish football chief with eggs in wild scenes

But the drama inside the venue swiftly eclipsed anything printed in its pages.

Audience footage shows a man rising from his seat and hurling at least three eggs at the disgraced ex-football chief, who was infamously convicted earlier this year of sexually assaulting World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso with his on-stage kiss seen by millions during the August 2023 final of the Women's World Cup.

One egg splattered against Rubiales’ jacket as he ducked, another smacked against his hand as he tried to deflect it, and within seconds he leapt from his chair and appeared to charge towards the attacker before security intervened.

To the astonishment of onlookers, the culprit was swiftly identified as Rubiales’ own uncle, Luis Rubén Rubiales - a struggling actor said to be living with his 90-year-old grandmother in Motril after falling on hard times.

Rubiales later dismissed him as “deranged,” while police confirmed the man was detained for criminal damage after a screen behind the stage was broken in the commotion.

Le acaban de tirar tres huevos a Luis Rubiales en la presentación de su libro al grito de "sinvergüenza".

Le han tenido que parar para que Rubiales no le pegase. pic.twitter.com/zwHbu38DLL

— Albert Ortega (@AlbertOrtegaES1) November 13, 2025

Far from expressing regret, Luis Rubén appeared delighted with the chaos he had unleashed.

Emerging from Madrid’s Plaza de Castilla courthouse after giving his statement, he beamed at TV cameras and declared: “I’m very well, it’s as if I’ve just returned from a 15-day vacation in Benidorm and I have that energy. I have positive energy.”

When told that his nephew had chosen not to file a complaint, he shrugged: “Why would he sue me?”

He even admitted that he had planned to lob a “bag of breadcrumbs” on top of the eggs.

His online activity paints an equally eccentric picture. Recent selfies show him wearing the same oversized headphones he had on during the stunt — though he has since shaved the beard he sported over the summer.

One promotional video he shared, advertising a loan company, shows him theatrically tossing back his long hair.

The egg-throwing marks the latest eruption in a bitter family war.

Luis Rubén is the younger brother of Juan Rubiales, another uncle who has publicly accused the former federation chief of being “obsessed with power, luxury, money and women,” and who claims he was fired by his nephew in 2020.

Tensions inside the Rubiales clan have been simmering for years, reaching a bizarre crescendo in 2023 when Rubiales’ mother staged a two-day hunger strike inside a church to defend her son before being rushed to hospital.

Rubiales, who once played briefly for Hamilton Academical in Scotland, is currently appealing his sexual-assault conviction, which resulted in an £8,395 fine and a restraining order banning him from approaching Hermoso, who told the court the unsolicited kiss had “tainted one of the happiest days of her life.”

As he continues promoting his book across Spain - including in his hometown of Motril - the disgraced ex-president also faces a separate corruption probe involving the Spanish Super Cup’s lucrative move to Saudi Arabia.

For now, though, it is the extraordinary image of an ousted football kingpin being pelted by his own uncle that is likely to linger.

Whether the situation blows up again remains to be seen.