16.1.2026
Julio Iglesias has rejected “with deep regret” the sexual harassment allegations against him, after two of his former employees said this week that the Spanish singer sexually harassed them and subjected them to various humiliations.
“I deny having abused, coerced, or disrespected any woman,” Iglesias wrote in a message posted on his Instagram profile. “These accusations are absolutely false and cause me great sadness.”
Iglesias adds that “he had never felt such malice”, but says that he still has “strength” to make “the whole truth” known and to defend his dignity “in the face of such a serious affront”.
“I cannot forget so many dearly loved people who have sent me messages of affection and loyalty; I have found much comfort in them,” Iglesias concludes in his Instagram message.
Best known internationally for his romantic ballads, Iglesias enjoyed enormous success during the 1970s and 1980s and has recorded with US artists Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Willie Nelson.
Earlier this week, two women who say they worked for Iglesias in 2021 claimed that the popular artist sexually assaulted them while they were working at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas, following an investigation by ‘elDiario.es’, in collaboration with ‘Univisión Noticias’.
Following the revelations, the Prosecutor’s Office of Spain’s National Court decided to open a preliminary investigation into the allegations in one of the cases. The assaults described by both women, who in the report are identified under the pseudonyms Rebeca and Laura, are said to have taken place at the mansions the artist owns in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and Lyford Cay (Bahamas).