Julio Iglesias' former domestic workers accuse the singer of sexual assault and physical abuse

Former domestic workers of the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias have accused him of sexual assault when they worked in their homes in the Caribbean between 2021. Former workers - a domestic worker and a physiotherapist - have claimed to have suffered touches, insults and humiliations during their working day in a climate of constant control and harassment, according to a study co-produced and published by the newspaper ElDiario.es and Univision Noticias.

One of these workers claims to have been under pressure to have sex with the artist and talks about intrusions, slaps and physical and verbal insults. According to two of the interviewees, these facts these occurred in 2021, when the youngest was 22 years old.

It's the result of three years of research. They contacted 15 former service workers, including domestic workers who worked for thesinger from 1990 to 2023 in the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas  and Spanish property and other specialized professionals.
   
According to the employee who claims to have had sexual abuse, the Spanish artist, who was 77 years old, often called his room at the end of his workday.  "He used me almost every night," he says in an interview with Diario.es and Univision News.

"I felt like an object, like a slave," he adds. These sexual intercourse almost always took place with the presence and participation of another worker who was superior to this domestic worker.

According to the study published by ElDiario.es, in the interviews, those affected refer to "the conditions of isolation of women, labour disputes, the hierarchical structure of workers and the environmental tension created by the irritating nature of Iglesias ".

   
The two women who speak of sexual assault "were interviewed several times for more than a year and provide strongand stable testimonies  ", according to the publication, which states that" their statements have been verified with numerous documentary evidence, such as photographs, call records, WhatsApp messages, visas, medical reports and other documents ".

The events described by two workers occurred in the residences of Julio Iglesias in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and Lyford Cay (Bahamas), with the knowledge of the women allegedly responsible for managing the house and hiring staff, according to the two former workers.

Facial and body photos

The testimonies of the old workers describe a staff selection system, always according to the research of ElDiario.es and Univision, for which, in the first exchange of information, they were asked for facial and full-body photographs, according to the WhatsApp conversations that El.Diario.es has had access to, and agreed to hire without personal interview.

Soon after they were there, according to both testimonies, Julio Iglesias asked them intimate questions - "Do you like women?", "Do you like triplets?", "Have you operated on breasts?" -- and in some cases, I asked them to see or touch their breasts, on the pretext of checking how they had breast augmentation surgery or assessing whether they should have increased their breasts.

According to the experience of ElDiario.es,six domestic workers or former visitors, there were two categories\u00A0: those working in domestic service and those performing specific functions, simply physiotherapists or the singer's assistants or guests. Above these, the commanders administered all domestic affairs, and transmitted and executed the orders of the master of the household. According to one story, these managers asked the staff at home to go to the singer's bedroom.