They accuse Placido Domingo of sexual harassment

The Associated Press publishes the testimonies of nine women who accuse the tenor of Placido Domingo of badual harbadment. The complaints date back to the 1980s and the agency identifies one of the victims only by name, mezzo-soprano Patricia Wulf

Domingo urged the alleged victims, young women at the beginning of his career, to have bad with him in exchange for jobs, and came to professionally punish those who refused. The events date back to the early eighties and extend over three decades.. "It's painful to hear that I was able to annoy someone," replied the tenor, despite the fact that the charges were "inaccurate". "The rules and values ​​with which we measure ourselves today, and we must measure ourselves, are very different from what they were in the past," the singer said in a statement

According to information published by the news agency, one of the victims stated that Placido Domingo He put his hand under his skirt and three other people told him that he had kissed them well in places such as a cloakroom, a hotel room and a business lunch. . "It is rare that someone tries to hold your hand at a business lunch or that you put your hand on your knee," one of the singers described.

"I have no doubt that it was harbadment. I was hunted down. He wanted me to go home and not to my house. I wanted me to come with him that night, "said Patricia Wulf, a mezzo-soprano who sung Sunday at the Washington Opera

I always touched you in one way or another, I always kissed you, says a singer

A singer tells her that she urged him to go out with her after hiring her for a series of concerts in the 1990s. In addition, three dozen other professionals, ranging from musicians to theater actors, told the agency that they witnessed Domingo's inappropriate badual behavior and persecuted young women with impunity.

Placido Domingo did not respond to a detailed AP questionnaire on specific episodes, but proposed the following response to the agency: "The accusations of these anonymous people dating back three decades ago are deeply disturbing and, as and when, inaccurate. Nevertheless, it is painful to hear that I have been able to annoy or embarrbad anyone, no matter how long I do it and despite my best intentions. I believed that all my interactions and relationships were always welcome and willing. People who know me or have worked with me know that I am not someone who can hurt, offend or embarrbad someone intentionally. "

I thought all my interactions and relationships were always welcome and willing (Plácido Domingo).

"However", Sunday's answer continues, "I recognize that the rules and values ​​with which we measure ourselves today, and we must measure ourselves, are very different from those of the past. I have had the chance and the privilege of having a career of more than 50 years and I will respect the highest standards. "

According to the reconstruction that he made AP, None of the women could offer documentation in support of their charges, but the agency spoke with "many" colleagues and friends to whom they reported what they were doing. Had happened at the time. He also verified that they were actually working on the scene of events and that Plácido Domingo coincided with them.