Spanish prosecutors now back probe of Julio Iglesias for alleged sexual assault abroad
The prosecution reversed its January decision and says the National Court has jurisdiction to investigate two former employees' claims from 2021.
KEY POINTS
- Prosecutors now support National Court jurisdiction over Iglesias case
- Two former employees allege sexual assault and labor abuse in 2021
- Alleged incidents occurred at Iglesias properties in Bahamas and Dominican Republic
- January decision to archive case cited lack of jurisdiction
- Investigating judge Antonio Piña will decide next steps
Spanish prosecutors have reversed course and now argue that the National Court in Madrid can investigate sexual assault allegations against singer Julio Iglesias. Two former employees say they were assaulted and mistreated while working at his properties in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic in 2021.
In January, prosecutors closed the case, saying Spanish courts lacked jurisdiction because the alleged acts occurred entirely abroad. They cited the foreign location of the facts and the residence of both parties outside Spain.
“The acts are punishable in the place of execution, a complaint has been filed, and the accused has not been tried abroad.”
The prosecution now invokes Article 23.2 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary, which grants Spanish courts jurisdiction over crimes committed by Spaniards overseas if the act is punishable where it occurred and a complaint is filed.
A judge must now decide whether to open a formal investigation. Iglesias, 83, has repeatedly denied the accusations and called them "absolutely false."
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