Overview
- The Spanish Public Prosecutor classified the case on January 23, declaring Spanish courts incompetent to pursue the complaint.
- The decision notes the alleged conduct occurred in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic, the complainants are not Spanish or resident in Spain, and Iglesias does not reside in Spain.
- Prosecutors said Spain could only intervene if those countries could not or would not investigate, a condition they stated has not been demonstrated.
- Two former employees filed the complaint in Spain on January 5 alleging sexual assaults and sexual harassment; Julio Iglesias, 82, has denied the allegations.
- Amnesty International and Women's Link Worldwide are assisting the complainants, while the singer's defense has argued the matter belongs in the jurisdictions where the alleged acts occurred.