
Those were the years when his alleged brother Enrique Iglesias was beginning to emerge as a successful singer in his own right.īut once the novelty of his claim wore off, Javier Sánchez’s own career took a nosedive. He attempted to make a career for himself in the music industry. The young man appeared on several television shows and in gossip magazines, explaining he felt hurt” by his alleged father’s attitude. The singer never agreed to undergo a DNA test. Standing next to her was her son, who was 15 at the time and bore a remarkable resemblance to Iglesias.Ī court in Valencia ruled in their favor, but the decision was challenged by Iglesias’s legal team and the appeal was upheld. In 1992, María Edite Santos appeared before the media to talk about her affair with the famous singer. The news does not come as a complete surprise. Javier Sánchez and his mother in 1995, at the presentation of his album 'Soy como tú' at a Madrid nightclub. I would do those things if were my client.”Īccording to the legal claim soon to be filed by the law firm Osuna Abogados, Javier Sánchez was born in 1976 as a result of the relationship between María Edite Santos and Julio Iglesias, who was married at the time to the well-known socialite Isabel Preysler. They’ll say that the chain of custody was not legal. They’ll say that the detective who collected it later manipulated it. “They’ll say that Spanish courts have no power over the matter, that only those in the United States or Dominican Republic do. Kai Forsterling (EFE)īut Osuna is anticipating a long battle against Julio Iglesias’ legal team. Fernando Osuna, the lawyer representing Javier Sánchez. He also represented Manuel Díaz, a young man whom a court last year found to be the son of Manuel Benítez “El Cordobés,” a former bullfighter and Spanish celebrity. This is not the first time that the Seville-based lawyer has handled a high-profile paternity case. His client, said Osuna, is “happy, nervous and anxious.” A Spanish detective who traveled to Miami allegedly obtained a DNA sample from an unnamed direct male relative of the popular Spanish singer, and the sample was checked against Sánchez Santos’ own genetic profile. Osuna says that he has genetic evidence to prove his client’s claim.

So claims Sánchez Santos’ lawyer, Fernando Osuna, who gave a press conference on July 6 at the courthouse in Torrent, in Spain’s Valencia region.
