Julio Iglesias faces claims female staff were told to have sexual health tests, say reports

"The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two female former employees, is also alleged to have ordered some women who worked for him to undergo tests for sexually transmitted diseases, local media have reported. The sexual assault allegations against the 82-year-old singer, whose career spans six decades, were published on Tuesday after a three-year joint investigation by the Spanish news site elDiario.es and the Spanish-language TV network Univision Noticias."

"Two women a domestic worker and a physical therapist known by the pseudonyms Rebeca and Laura allege they were subjected to sexual assaults while working at Iglesias's Caribbean mansions in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas in 2021. The have filed a complaint against Iglesias at Spain's highest criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, accusing him of sexual assault and human trafficking."

"On Wednesday, elDiario.es published testimony from Rebeca and another former worker, Carolina, in which they alleged being required to have medical tests to check for sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and chlamydia. He ordered the girls to go to the gynaecologist for a general examination, said Rebeca. There were 10 or 12 girls. They did everything to us there; the gynaecologist checked everything. It only happened to the girls."

Julio Iglesias, 82, faces accusations from two former employees of sexual assault and human trafficking related to incidents at his Caribbean residences in 2021. The complainants, using pseudonyms Rebeca and Laura, described being subjected to sexual assaults while working at villas in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. Testimony from Rebeca and another former worker, Carolina, states that women were required to undergo gynaecological and blood tests to check for HIV, chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases, and to send results to a housekeeper. Medical documents reportedly show five women underwent gynaecological examinations in 2021. Prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation.

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