Cancelled and you know it!

The recurring meme about Julio Iglesias as a macho man that circulated in WhatsApp groups has officially been canceled. The joke wasn't so funny after accusations from two of his former employees, revealed in a journalistic investigation.eldiario.es and Univision. The Prosecutor's Office will investigate the complaint against the singer for assault, sexual harassment, and human trafficking. The testimonies, read in context, are reminiscent of a banana republic chieftain, more typical of slave societies.

The most reactionary right wing and a handful of starlets They've rushed to defend the scoundrel and lord, as if his success excused him from behaving like a repugnant person. Those who clamor for the presumption of innocence scorn the victims' testimony. From the outset, the account is consistent and coherent, describing a hierarchical system whereby women also employed by Iglesias recruited those from lower social classes, ostensibly to clean and cook. The pattern is repeated: they had to be young, beautiful, and appear grateful for the promises of luxuries that supposedly ended in multiple forms of violence and humiliation.

Television magazines stuck their noses into the journalistic investigation and brought Ana Obregón (who always has an incorrect opinion on everything) on to defend the singer, arguing that she lived in his house for two years and was treated like royalty. Perhaps she was an equal, a friend of the family, and the one the staff treated like royalty. Privileges. The magazine of choice for these people, theHello!He's already set in motion the whitewashing of the accused with all the corny and euphemistic writing he's capable of. But Ramón Arcusa, one half of the Duo Dinámico, was missing, and he defended his friend with an argument for the ages: "If you're raped and you don't report it the next day, and they keep raping you for months, that's already a relationship."

In cases like Obragón's or Arcusa's, we're not talking about opinions, but about journalistic and social responsibility. About women who report beatings, physical assaults, and having to "suck the man's dick and ass all night long" to relieve his sciatica. We're talking about monitoring their phones, not letting them leave the house, making them aware that they were at his beck and call for a miserable wage. Neither the internationally renowned Spanish artist nor anyone else is above the dignity of these workers. And you know it, as Julio would say.