Former employees who have reported Julio Iglesias say they did it so that it doesn't happen to others

The two women who, on January 5th, reported, represented by Women's Link, to the Justice system in Spain alleged cases of sexual harassment and assault in 2021 by the singer Julio Iglesias, agree in pointing out that they have reported so that others will report and will not suffer abuses of this type again.

Amnesty International reports this in a statement sent to EFE tonight, which indicates that according to the complaint, these women "would have experienced multiple and different forms of violence —sexual, psychological, physical and economic— by Julio Iglesias, between January and October 2021 while working on properties that the accused has in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas."

"According to their testimony, the accused would have assaulted and sexually harassed them, would have regularly checked their cell phones, would have forbidden them to leave the house where they worked, and would have demanded workdays of up to 16 hours a day, without days off and without a contract." Possible "human trafficking offense" On January 5, the AI note continues, "facts were brought to the attention of the Prosecutor's Office 'that could constitute a crime of human trafficking for the purpose of imposing forced labor and servitude', 'crimes against sexual freedom and indemnity such as sexual harassment', as well as a crime of injury and crimes against workers' rights". AI states that for about five years, the complainants "did not speak about what happened for fear of professional reprisals, the lack of safe reporting channels, and a culture that has historically dismissed and discredited the voices of survivors."

One of the whistleblowing workers states, according to AI in its note that: «I am doing this for three reasons of justice. The first, for myself: for all the difficult things that this process has been and for everything I have had to face to be able to overcome it. The second, for the women who work in his houses: I want to tell them to be strong, to raise their voices, to remember that he is not invincible. And the third, for my country [Dominican Republic]: so that something like this does not happen again and so that he understands that he cannot come to do whatever he wants without assuming the consequences”.