Two ladies have accused Spanish star Julio Iglesias of allegedly sexually abusing them whereas they labored as live-in workers at his Caribbean mansions, it has been reported.
A home employee claims she was pressured into having intercourse with the Spanish singer, describing acts of slapping, bodily and verbal abuse.
A physiotherapist, who additionally labored for the singer, claimed she was topic to inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation throughout her time, in an environment of management and fixed harassment.
The newest celeb to be drawn into the MeToo scandal, Iglesias faces allegations that he abused the 2 ladies in 2021 when the youthful girl was aged 22.
The assaults had been alleged to have taken place in his houses in Punta Cana within the Dominican Republic and Lyford Cay within the Bahamas.
The allegations had been revealed on Tuesday after a joint investigation by eldiario.es newspaper in Spain and Univision tv.
The Independent has approached a consultant for Iglesias.
One of the alleged victims, known as Rebeca – not her actual identify – says the Spanish artist, then aged 77, would usually name her to his room on the finish of the night.
“He used me almost every night,” she informed elDiario.es and Univision Noticias. “I felt like an object, like a slave.”
She said the alleged sexual encounters almost always took place in the presence of another more senior member of his domestic staff.
Another women, Laura – also not her real name – claims that Iglesias kissed her on the mouth and touched her breasts against her will.
elDiario.es and Univision claim they repeatedly tried to contact Iglesias and his lawyer but received no response to questions sent by email, telephone messages, and letters delivered to his homes.
The news outlets also tried to contact the person in charge of managing the house where the alleged assaults took place, but did not get a response.
However, the woman who Rebeca identified as her first supervisor at the mansion in Punta Cana dismissed the allegations as “nonsense”.
The former supervisor mentioned she had solely “gratitude, admiration, and respect for the great artist and human being that he is,” describing Iglesias as “humble, generous, a great gentleman, and very respectful to all women”.
Iglesias turned a star within the UK when his tune Begin the Beguine was an enormous hit which went straight to Number 1 within the UK charts in 1981.
Iglesias has offered over 300 million information around the globe.
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