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Julio Iglesias Sues Spanish Website over Sex Assault Allegations

elDiario.es has not retracted assault allegations published in January with editor and journalists standing by story

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Singer Julio Iglesias plans to file a lawsuit for libel and slander against elDiario.es, its director Ignacio Escolar, and other officials of the publication, after they refused to retract information published about a complaint regarding alleged sexual abuse at his residence in the Dominican Republic, which was later dismissed by the Public Prosecutor's Office. Read more

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The singer's defense demands eliminating news from the campaign of "media lynching" and financial compensation.

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Julio Iglesias will complain against the Diario.es; its director, Ignacio Escolar, and four others responsible for the digital newspaper, by not retracting the "journalistic assembly" that the singer accuses them of having elaborated against him, based on a complaint for sexual abuse of two former employees in their residence in the Dominican Republic, which was filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

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The singer asked, as a step prior to the presentation of a complaint, to rectify and eliminate the information related to the testimonies and allegations of sexual assaults made in January by two of his former workers.All the judicial fronts of Julio Iglesias: against the Prosecutor's Office, against Yolanda Díaz, against the Diario.es and against its former workers This Thursday an act of conciliation between the legal representation of Julio I…

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The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will file a complaint against the digital newspaper ElDiario.es, its director Ignacio Escolar and other media officials, after an agreement was not reached at the conciliation ceremony held this Thursday in the Court of Instance number 55 of Madrid. The legal action arises after the artist accused the media of carrying out an alleged “journalistic assembly” related to a complaint for alleged sexual abuse filed b…

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias announced that he will continue with legal actions against the digital media elDiario.es after the newspaper refused to retract a journalistic investigation into alleged sexual assaults denounced by two former employees of the artist. The legal dispute advanced this week with an act of conciliation held in a Madrid court, proceedings ... The post Julio Iglesias will sue the Daily.es after the media's refusal to retr…

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Eldiario.es broke the news in Spain on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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