Overview
- The Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional opened preliminary proceedings after a January 5 complaint filed with support from Women’s Link Worldwide, and the inquiry remains under secrecy while jurisdiction is assessed.
- Women’s Link confirmed the two complainants now have protected-witness status, a measure sought due to power imbalances and fears of reprisals.
- Two former internal employees allege repeated sexual assaults, coerced encounters, forced touching and humiliations in 2021 at residences in Punta Cana and Lyford Cay, within an environment of control and abusive labor conditions.
- The elDiario.es–Univision investigation cites corroborating material provided by the women, including employment records, photographs, audio, WhatsApp messages, call logs and migration paperwork, plus interviews with multiple former staffers.
- Julio Iglesias and his representatives have not offered a public response, while Spanish officials urge a full inquiry and some politicians seek to strip honors as Madrid leaders Isabel Díaz Ayuso and José Luis Martínez-Almeida reject removing awards.