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Spanish Prosecutors Add Ex-Photographer’s Statement in Julio Iglesias Inquiry

The case remains a confidential preliminary inquiry by Spain’s Audiencia Nacional after 2021 allegations of sexual abuse, trafficking, servitude by two former employees.

Overview

  • An ex-photographer who worked with Julio Iglesias publicly backed the accusers’ accounts, and his declaration was reported as incorporated into the Fiscalía’s file.
  • The complaint, filed January 5, asks Spain’s Audiencia Nacional to investigate alleged 2021 incidents at Iglesias’s residences in Punta Cana and Lyford Cay.
  • Prosecutors have opened preliminary diligences to assess potential crimes including human trafficking for forced labor, sexual assault, harassment, and labor-rights violations.
  • Iglesias has retained high-profile attorney José Antonio Choclán, and his entourage told ¡HOLA! the situation will be clarified.
  • The investigation is in a reserved phase with no formal charges or imputation, and Iglesias remains free pending the Fiscalía’s determination.