Domingo accused of harassment

For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers have claimed.

Regarded as one of the greatest opera singers of all time, Domingo, 78, also is a prolific conductor and the director of the Los Angeles Opera.

Eight singers and a dancer have told the AP that they were sexually harassed by the long-married, Spanish-born superstar in encounters that took place over three decades beginning in the late 1980s.

Domingo did not respond to detailed questions from the AP about specific incidents, but issued a statement saying the allegations “are deeply troubling, and as presented, inaccurate”.