Overview
- RTVE confirmed that prosecutors at Spain’s Audiencia Nacional have launched a sealed inquiry to protect alleged victims.
- The complaint accuses the 82-year-old singer of sexual assaults, physical violence, people‑trafficking for forced labor, and labor‑rights violations within a coercive work environment.
- Alleged incidents date to 2021 at residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas, with Spanish jurisdiction asserted based on Iglesias’s nationality.
- The claims draw on a joint elDiario.es–Univision investigation citing interviews with up to 15 former employees and materials such as WhatsApp messages, call logs, photos, and medical reports.
- Iglesias and his legal team have not responded to media inquiries, while Spain’s government voiced support for investigators, Madrid’s Isabel Díaz Ayuso publicly defended him, and a publisher said it will revise a biography.