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The singer has hired the lawyer José Antonio Choclán, who currently also represents the commission agent Víctor de Aldama and who defended Cristiano Ronaldo in the process for tax fraud
15 ene 2026 . Updated at 9:16 p.m.
Julio Iglesias gave this Wednesday to the magazine Hello! his first statements after the complaint of sexual abuse by two of his former employees emerged. In them he assures that “everything will become clear.” According to the magazine, the singer’s closest environment “he totally denies the facts and shows stupor at what is happening.” For Iglesias “it is not the time to talk”, although it will be “very soon.” He is preparing his defense.
Hello! He affirms that Iglesias wants to get to the bottom of the matter so that “there is no doubt” about what are “the true circumstances and the real account of everything that happened.” This Wednesday it emerged that the Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court will take statements from the two women who on January 5, represented by Women’s Link, denounced alleged cases of sexual harassment and assault in 2021 by the singer.
Hire lawyer José Antonio Choclán
Julio Iglesias has hired lawyer José Antonio Choclán to face the accusations leveled against him, as legal sources have confirmed to Efe. He Choclán law firm, with headquarters in Madridhas intervened in several cases of great public notoriety, including the one against Carlos Iglesias, brother of the singer, for fraud against the Treasury.
Currently, for example, represents the commission agent Víctor de Aldamainvolved in the Koldo case regarding the alleged collection of illegal commissions in public contracts for masks during the pandemic and in an alleged million-dollar fraud in the hydrocarbon sector.
Choclán defended Cristiano Ronaldo in the tax fraud trial and also the footballers Gabi Fernández and Ángel Lafita in the trial for the alleged fixing of the Levante-Zaragoza match in 2011.
Besides, He was Rita Barberá’s lawyer in the money laundering case in the Supreme Court and of David Marjaliza, collaborator in the Púnica case, among many others.
At a press conference, the legal team of Women’s Link announced that the Public Ministry will take their statements as protected witnesses.. Giovana Ríos, executive director of the organization, described both decisions as “a very important step in the search for justice” for both women, while making it clear that “the authorities are responding quickly.” Likewise, he revealed that there are other women who were workers of the artist who have contacted themalthough he avoided mentioning whether they were also allegedly victims of the singer, so he did not offer data to protect their privacy.
Regarding the two complainants, There is no scheduled date for these statements. which could be by telematic means given that they do not reside in Spain. “We do not have those details and they are treated with a certain reserve,” added the lawyer Gema Fernández, who does not doubt that the case is the “competence” of the Spanish Justice.
The Prosecutor’s Office, for its part, insists on the secrecy of the proceedings so as not to give more details of its actions, which are pre-procedural, that is, they are not prosecuted. Ríos explained that the two decisions of the Prosecutor’s Office were part of the protection measures that they had requested in their complaint, because Julio Iglesias “has a power that is diametrically different from the complainants,” he stressed, derived from his influence and economic power.. Besides, They fear that the singer will try to “locate” them as well as “dissuade” them. to carry out new actions against him.
These protection measures are the following: to avoid contact between the complainants and their families with the singer and his entourage; that the necessary measures be taken to protect the privacy of women; that statements be taken from both women with appropriate conditions and that the measures avoid the re-victimization of the workers who are still employed by the singer.
Dominican Republic, Bahamas and Spain
The reported situations would have occurred in the homes of Julio Iglesias in the Dominican Republic, Bahamas and Spain. One of the women was housekeeper and the other physiotherapist. The former workers have provided employment documents, photographs, recordings, WhatsApp messages, call records and requests for immigration permits from Julio Iglesias to the Government of Spain, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic, according to what they say. The Diary y Univisionthe media that carried out the investigation.
The story of both describes sexual assaults such as penetration without consent, slaps, harassment and systematic workplace humiliation to them and other employees.