Iglesias has been accused by two former employees of sexual assault.

The alleged instances of assault came to light recently following a three-year joint investigation by Spanish TV network Univision Noticias and Spanish news site elDiario.es (as per The Guardian). Both spoke to and collected testimonies from 15 of the singer’s former employees.

The two women who have come forward allege that they were subjected to “inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation” while working for the Spanish singer, and claim that the assaults took place in 2021.

One of the women is referred to as “Rebecca” to protect her identity, and alleged that the then-77 year old would call her into his room at the end of her shift and touch her inappropriately without her consent. She also claims that the instances usually took place in the presence of another employee, and made her feel “like a slave”.

The second woman, going by the alias “Laura”, alleged that she was kissed on the mouth and groped by Iglesias without consent. Both Laura and Rebecca also cited that there was “an atmosphere of control and constant harassment” for employees, and accused the singer of “normalis[ing] abuse”.

In elDiario.es’s report, it wrote that the interviews with the former staff members “describe the women’s conditions of isolation, labour disputes, the hierarchical structure of the staff, and the tense atmosphere created by Iglesias’s short-tempered character”.

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