US EditionLa Fiscalía española archiva investigación contra Julio Iglesias por presunta agresión sexual; dice que carece de competencia
- The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Audiencia Nacional archived pre-trial proceedings on January 23, 2026, citing lack of jurisdiction since alleged acts occurred outside Spain and prosecution may proceed in the Dominican Republic or Bahamas.
- Women’s Link Worldwide filed the complaint in early January after a three-year investigation by elDiario.es and Univision Noticias into alleged acts between January and October 2021 in the Dominican Republic and Bahamas.
- Prosecutors granted the two complainants protected-witness status and questioned them remotely on Thursday, while Serra Baiget stated `there are numerous overlaps` in testimonies.
- The NGO can still attempt to open criminal proceedings in Spain's investigating courts despite prosecutors saying victims are foreign and there are no relevant links to Spain, while the ruling notes no evidence the Dominican Republic or the Bahamas waived jurisdiction.
- Since the story emerged, Women’s Link Worldwide warned of smear campaigns against the complainants, and Julio Iglesias, who denies the allegations, wrote `I deny having abused, coerced or disrespected any woman`.
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MADRID (AP) — Spanish prosecutors said Friday they would drop an initial investigation into allegations of sexual assault by Julio Iglesias in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic, after concluding that Spain's National Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
Madrid, 23 Jan (EFE).- The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Spanish National High Court has closed the investigation that opened to analyze a complaint against singer Julio Iglesias for alleged harassment and sexual assault in 2021 to two employees in the Dominican Republic and Bahamas, before the “lack of jurisdiction” and jurisdiction of the Spanish courts.
Iberian justice considers itself incompetent in dealing with cases in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
The Spanish court dismissed the complaint of sexual assault against singer Julio Iglesias, the prosecutor's office of the National Court found himself incompetent.
La Fiscalía española archiva investigación contra Julio Iglesias por presunta agresión sexual; dice que carece de competencia
Por Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español La Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional de España decidió archivar las diligencias de investigación preprocesales que abrió contra el artista español Julio Iglesias, pocas semanas después de anunciar su apertura, le dijeron a CNN desde el propio Ministerio Público. La decisión se produce después de que la Fiscalía tomó declaración por vía telemática a las dos denunciantes entre el 21 y el 22 de enero y consideró que…
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