Julio Iglesias has been accused of sexual assault by two female former employees.
A domestic worker and a physical therapist who were employed at Iglesias’s Caribbean mansions in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas allege the assaults took place in 2021.
The two women say they were subjected “to inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation in an atmosphere of control and constant harassment”, by the Spanish singer.
The alleged assaults came to light at the end of a three-year joint investigation by the Spanish news site elDiario.es and the Spanish-language TV network Univision Noticias, which collected testimonies from 15 former employees who worked for the 82-year-old singer between the late 1990s and 2023.
“These interviews describe the women’s conditions of isolation, labour disputes, the hierarchical structure of the staff, and the tense atmosphere created by Iglesias’s short-tempered character,” elDiario.es revealed in its report on Tuesday.
“The two women who reported sexual assault were interviewed repeatedly over more than a year, and their accounts remained consistent throughout. Their statements are supported by extensive documentary evidence, such as photographs, call logs, WhatsApp messages, visas, medical reports and other documents.”
One of the women, referred to as Rebecca to protect her identity, told how Iglesias, who was 77 at the time, would often call her to his room at the end of the working day, where he would penetrate her with his fingers without her consent.
“He used me almost every night,” she told elDiario.es and Univision Noticias. “I felt like an object, like a slave.”
Both women said workers were subjected to a tense and controlling atmosphere and spoke of how Iglesias “normalised abuse”.
Rebecca opined: “That house should be called the little house of terror because it is a nightmare – something truly horrible.”
