Overview
- Two former staffers filed a criminal complaint on January 5 alleging sexual aggression, coercion and labor abuses in 2021 at properties in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
- The Audiencia Nacional prosecutor has opened pre-investigative diligences and will take the complainants’ statements under protected-witness measures with proceedings kept confidential.
- In his first public statement, Iglesias called the accusations “absolutely false,” said they cause him great sadness and pledged to defend his dignity; his wife, Miranda Rijnsburger, publicly voiced support.
- Iglesias has engaged the law firm led by former magistrate José Antonio Choclán to handle his defense, according to reports citing legal sources.
- The women, represented by Women’s Link Worldwide, provided recordings, messages, photos and documents cited in a three-year elDiario.es–Univision investigation, and no formal charges have been announced.