Overview
- The decree issued on Jan. 23 archives the pre-procedural probe, citing that the alleged acts took place in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas with no relevant personal or territorial link to Spain and a strictly limited universal jurisdiction.
- Prosecutors advised the women to pursue the matter in the competent jurisdictions, stressing the archive does not judge the merits and is not appealable within the Spanish prosecutorial process.
- Two former employees—a household worker and a physiotherapist—alleged sexual assaults, humiliations, and labor abuses in 2021 at the singer’s residences, claims first detailed in a multi-year investigation by elDiario.es and Univision.
- Julio Iglesias has publicly denied the accusations and posted WhatsApp messages he says rebut them, while his lawyer, José Antonio Choclán, sought the archive on jurisdictional grounds and condemned what the defense calls a public lynching.
- Women’s Link represents the complainants, and advocacy groups including Amnesty International criticized the Spanish decision as a missed opportunity, with the women preparing to seek remedies in the Caribbean jurisdictions.