Julio Iglesias, the 82-year-old crooner who’s sold more than 300 million records over his long career, could soon take center stage in a Spanish courtroom. Two former employees from the Dominican Republic say Iglesias trafficked them to his Caribbean estates, over-worked them and sexually abused one. Iglesias denies the charges. Spanish prosecutors are still weighing whether to charge him, but the scandal at home is already full-blown. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.
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