Music Icon Julio Iglesias Accused Of Sexual Assault By 2 Former Employees | EUROtoday

MADRID, Jan 13 (Reuters) – A Spanish High Court prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on Tuesday it was investigating allegations in Spanish and U.S. media retailers that singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former feminine staff.

There was no speedy response to emails in search of remark, despatched by Reuters to representatives of Iglesias, 82.

The star’s document label, Sony, declined to remark.

The ladies, mentioned to have labored in Iglesias’ Caribbean residences within the Dominican Republic and Bahamas over a 10-month interval in 2021, had been cited in a three-year investigation by U.S. broadcaster Univision and Spanish outlet elDiario.es revealed on Tuesday.

Both ladies reported struggling sexual assault and office harassment whereas working for the singer, the retailers reported.

The stories mentioned Iglesias pressured them into sexual encounters and subjected them to further bodily and verbal abuse.

The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned it had opened preliminary proceedings after a declare was filed on January 5. Details of the case had been lined by secrecy guidelines that prevented it from offering additional info.

Iglesias is without doubt one of the world’s best-selling Latin artists, with greater than 300 million information offered in 14 languages. A former aspiring soccer participant, he turned to music after a 1963 automotive accident ended his sports activities profession.

The allegations sparked a loud response in Spain, the place he’s thought of a nationwide treasure.

Ana Redondo, the Socialist-led authorities’s Equality Minister, mentioned in an announcement she revered Iglesias’ presumption of innocence however that she believed the ladies’s testimony.

“He’s a great singer but people can have a dark side,” she mentioned, praising the ladies for elevating their complaints.

Leftist social gathering Mas Madrid urged the right-wing authorities of Madrid area ought to strip Iglesias of the keys to the town he was awarded because the capital’s most well-known son. Iglesias has backed conservative political candidates previously.

Regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso issued a livid response on X, saying: “The Community of Madrid will never contribute to attacks on the prestige of artists, not least the most universal singer of all: Julio Iglesias.”