Placido Domingo

Disgraced opera singer Placido Domingo is dealing with members of an alleged sex trafficking ring in Buenos Aires, according to Argentine prosecutors. The 81-year-old singer became suspicious over the recording of a phone call where a man made a date with a woman named Mandy for sexual contact with a crime network. The man’s voice was determined by the investigators to belong to Domingo. In another clip, Mandy is heard asking supposed crime gang leader Juan Perkovic to celebrate being able to bargain with a man she calls Placido.

NPR reported that police conducted more than 50 raids on BA Group last week and 19 arrests. The group used a yoga school in Buenos Aires as a cover for the sex trade. Authorities confiscated 37 properties and 13 vehicles, according to local media reports. Latin American TV channels also broadcast excerpts from audio recordings allegedly obtained during wiretapping. Registration dates were not disclosed. The gang is also accused of involvement in various criminal operations, in addition to allegations of trafficking in women and children. Representatives of the singer have not yet commented on the new allegations.

Along with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras (who performed as a trio from 1990-2003), once one of the opera’s most respected tenors, Domingo resigned as Los Angeles Opera’s CEO in 2019 after more than 20 women were indicted. from sexually harassing him. Domingo’s representatives strongly disagreed with the allegations. The opera singer also retired from the Metropolitan Opera; The Washington National Opera, which Domingo directed from 1996 to 2011, distanced himself from the singer.

At the same time, Domingo continued to perform outside of the United States. Last year, Domingo arrived in Russia (the performance was also scheduled for March 8 this year, but was canceled – officially the reasons for the cancellation were not disclosed) and performed at a benefit concert in Buenos Aires in April of this year. Ukraine’s help.