MADRID: A judge at Spain's top criminal court opened an investigation into former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales on Monday , following a lawsuit filed over his forcible kiss on Jenni Hermoso's lips after the Women's World Cup final.
The magistrate also asked media outlets to send him footage from different angles of Rubiales' kiss, as well as the Spain players' celebrations in the dressing room and on the team bus after winning the World Cup on Aug 20 in Sydney. 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.
Australian police told AFP on Monday they were willing to help with an investigation, but that a report had not yet been referred to them.