Overview
- The Audiencia Nacional prosecutor refused the defense’s requests to archive the matter and to join the confidential pre‑procedural diligences.
- A complaint filed on January 5 by two former employees, submitted via Women’s Link Worldwide, alleges sexual assaults, coercion and labor abuses in 2021 at properties in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
- Defense lawyer José Antonio Choclán argues Spanish authorities lack extraterritorial competence, urges the case be pursued in the Caribbean, and cites severe reputational harm to Iglesias.
- The prosecutor states the current step is limited to assessing competence and no formal criminal investigation has begun, with protected‑witness measures in place for the complainants.
- Investigative reports by elDiario.es and Univisión detailed the women’s accounts and supporting documents, while Iglesias has publicly denied the accusations on social media.