Rubiales stood down from his post on Sunday, three weeks after forcibly kissing midfielder Jennifer Hermoso after Spain won the World Cup in Sydney on Aug 20.
The incident provoked unprecedented uproar and Rubiales, who initially refused to resign, was provisionally suspended by world governing body Fifa for 90 days, while a judge at the country's top criminal court opened an investigation into him earlier on Monday.
Since a recent reform of the Spanish penal code, a non-consensual kiss can be considered sexual assault, a criminal category that groups together all types of sexual violence.
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