Madrid.- Julio Iglesias has given this Wednesday to Hola magazine his first statements in which he assures that "everything will be clarified", after the sexual abuse complaint against the singer made by two of his former employees was revealed this Tuesday.
Likewise, Hola reports that Julio Iglesias's closest environment denies "totally the facts and show stupor at what is happening."
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According to the magazine, for Iglesias
"it's not the time to speak" although that moment will arrive "very soon", and they report that he is preparing his defense and that, according to the singer, "everything will be clarified".
Hello affirms that Iglesias wants to get to the bottom of the matter "
and that there is no doubt about what the real circumstances are and the real account of everything that happened."
This Wednesday it has been revealed that the Prosecutor's Office of the National Court will take statements from the two women who, on January 5th, reported, represented by Women's Link, alleged cases of sexual harassment and assault in 2021 by the singer Julio Iglesias.
In a press conference, Women's Link's legal team has announced that the Public Prosecutor's Office will take their statement and that, in addition, they will do so as protected witnesses.
Giovana Ríos, the organization's executive director, has described both decisions as "a very important step in the search for justice" for both women, while making it clear that "the authorities are responding quickly."
More of the singer's female employees have contacted the organization
She has also revealed that there are other women who were workers of the artist who have contacted them, although she has avoided mentioning whether they were also allegedly victims of the singer, so she has not offered data to protect their privacy.
Regarding the two accusers, there is no scheduled date for those statements, which could be by telematic means, considering that they do not reside in Spain. "We do not have those details and they are handled with some reservation," added lawyer Gema Fernández, who does not doubt that the case is "within the jurisdiction" of the Spanish Justice System.
From the Prosecutor's Office, for their part, they insist on the secrecy of the proceedings so as not to give more details of their actions, which are pre-trial, that is, not yet brought before a court.
Protection measures to prevent Julio Iglesias from trying to locate or dissuade you
Ríos has explained that the two decisions of the Prosecutor's Office were part of the protection measures they had requested in their complaint, because Julio Iglesias "wields a diametrically different power than the complainants", he has stated, derived from his influence and economic power.
Furthermore, they fear that the singer will try to "locate" them as well as "dissuade" them from taking further action against him.
Those protection measures are as follows: that contact between the complainants and their families with the singer and his entourage be avoided; that the necessary measures be taken to protect the privacy of the women; that statements be taken from both women under appropriate conditions and that the measures prevent the re-victimization of the workers who are still employed by the singer.
The reported situations would have occurred in Julio Iglesias' houses in the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, and Spain. One of the women was a housekeeper and the other a physiotherapist.
Former employees have provided employment documents, photographs, recordings, WhatsApp messages, call logs, and immigration permit applications of Julio Iglesias to the governments of Spain, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic, according to El Diario.es and Univision, the media outlets that have carried out the investigation.
The account of both describes sexual assaults such as non-consensual penetrations, slaps, humiliations, and systematic workplace harassment of them and other female employees.
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