{"id":237386,"date":"2026-01-17T03:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237386\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:20:08","slug":"spanish-singer-julio-iglesias-says-abuse-allegations-absolutely-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237386\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish singer Julio Iglesias says abuse allegations \u2018absolutely false\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Iglesias subjected them to \u201csexual harassment, regularly checked their mobile phones, restricted their ability to leave the home where they worked, and required them to work up to 16 hours a day without days off\u201d, according to testimony collected by the two groups.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Julio Iglesias is one of the most successful Latin artists of all time. Photo \/ Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Julio Iglesias is one of the most successful Latin artists of all time. Photo \/ Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">In the message posted on Instagram, Iglesias wrote: \u201cIt is with profound sadness that I respond to the accusations made by two people who previously worked for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI have never felt such malice, but I still have the strength to let people know the whole truth and to defend my dignity against such a serious accusation,\u201d he said, thanking the \u201cso many dear people\u201d who have sent him messages of support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">The allegations against the crooner have sparked strong reactions in Spain, with members of the leftist Government backing the complainants and demanding an investigation establishes the truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">The head of the conservative opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, who is friends with Iglesias, told Telecinco television on Wednesday he was \u201cvery, very, very surprised\u201d but urged against \u201cspeculating\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Iglesias\u2019 former manager Fernan Martinez told Telecinco that the singer was \u201cvery affectionate\u201d and enjoyed \u201cphysical contact\u201d but stressed he never saw the music icon \u201cbehave aggressively\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iglesias subjected them to \u201csexual harassment, regularly checked their mobile phones, restricted their ability to leave the home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3050,1903,9092,26676,1121,430,24181,1139,156,137711,16843,4999,42,3218,121934,137710,26983,111,139,69,38606,312,4625,33171,65633,1361,9347,2248],"class_list":["post-237386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-absolutely","tag-abuse","tag-against","tag-allegations","tag-case","tag-celebrities","tag-cultural","tag-dominated","tag-entertainment","tag-exemployees","tag-false","tag-friday","tag-headlines","tag-icon","tag-iglesias","tag-julio","tag-lodged","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rejected","tag-says","tag-singer","tag-spains","tag-spanish","tag-that","tag-veteran","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}