elDiario.es Refuses to Retract Investigation on Julio Iglesias

A Madrid court held a conciliation hearing on Thursday between Julio Iglesias's legal team and elDiario.es, its director, and four journalists. The singer demanded the newspaper retract articles published since January 13, acknowledging them as "slanderous and defamatory," and remove them from the website. He also sought unspecified damages, anticipated to be substantial. elDiario.es and its journalists did not attend court, represented by a solicitor. The case stems from January reports featuring testimonies and complaints of sexual assault by two former employees of Iglesias. The newspaper has refused to retract, maintaining the accuracy of its investigation.