Overview
- Iglesias’s lawyer submitted a brief to the Audiencia Nacional’s prosecutor seeking to archive the complaint and to gain access to the confidential pre-procedural file.
- The prosecutor opened reserved investigatory diligences on January 5 following a complaint by two former employees and plans to question them as protected witnesses.
- The defense cites Spain’s extraterritoriality limits, arguing the case concerns alleged conduct in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas and should not be pursued in Spain.
- The complaint, supported by Women’s Link Worldwide, alleges human trafficking for forced labor and servitude, sexual offenses, injuries, and workers’ rights violations.
- A multi-year investigation by elDiario.es and Univisión published detailed testimonies, which the defense challenges in part by criticizing the use of dubbed voices to protect identities.