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Earlier this month, Spanish prosecutors had opened an
investigation studying allegations that the 82-year-old
Grammy-winning global singing star had sexually assaulted two
former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and
the Bahamas.
Iglesias denied the accusations, writing on social media that:
“With deep sorrow, I respond to the accusations made by two
people who previously worked at my home. I deny having abused,
coerced or disrespected any woman. These accusations are
absolutely false and cause me great sadness.”
An email seeking comment sent to a Florida attorney whose
website says Iglesias is among his clients was not immediately
answered.
The two women had presented a complaint to the Spanish court
earlier this month, according to Women’s Link Worldwide, a
nongovernmental organization that represents them. The group
said that the women were accusing Iglesias of “crimes against
sexual freedom and indemnity such as sexual harassment” and of
“human trafficking for the purpose of forced labor and
servitude.”
The women also said Iglesias regularly checked their cellphones,
barred them from leaving his house and demanded that they work
up to 16 hours a day, with no contract or days off.
When the complaint was filed in Spain, the organization said it
had not reached out to authorities in the Bahamas or the
Dominican Republic and didn’t know whether investigations had
begun in those Caribbean nations.
Iglesias has been among the world's most successful singers in
the decades since his 1969 debut album, “Yo Canto.” He has sold
more than 300 million records in more than a dozen languages.
After making his start in Spain, Iglesias won immense popularity
in the U.S. and wider world in the 1970s and 1980s, partly due
to duets with U.S. artists including Willie Nelson and Diana
Ross.
He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 and in
1988 won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance for his album
“Un Hombre Solo.”
He's also the father of pop star Enrique Iglesias.
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