Julio Iglesias has so far not responded to the allegations against himTwo women have accused the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias 82,of sexually assaulting them while they were working for him and allege that he “normalised abuse” in a coercive, threatening and violent environment.
The allegations, made in reports by Spanish news site elDiario.es and US outlet Univision, are being investigated by Spain’s judiciary.
The singer employed the two women at his properties in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, and Lyford Cay, in the Bahamas. According to their testimonies, the sexual assaults took place in 2021.
Iglesias, who is 82, has been a household name in Spain since the 1960s and has sold millions of records worldwide.are protected by their money”.
Last month, a woman filed a legal complaint alleging that Adolfo Suárez, a former prime minister who was revered for his role during Spain’s transition to democracy, had sexually abused her from when she was 17 years old.
Suárez, a conservative, died in 2014 and police are investigating. Jesús Villegas, a magistrate, said that the case against Suárez was unlikely to flourish and that it was politically motivated.
The president of the Madrid region, the conservative Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has come out in support of the Spanish singer.
“The Madrid region will never contribute to the vilifying of artists and even less so to that of the most universal of all singers: Julio Iglesias,” she posted on social media.
Iglesias’s biographer Ignacio Peyró and the author’s publishing house, Libros del Asteroide, have also responded, saying they will update last year’s biography to include the allegations. They have also expressed their “support and solidarity for the victims”.
