Alejandro Sanz Named in Alleged Grooming Account by Former Fan Ivet Playà

A childhood admiration for a music icon became, in her words, a chapter she now describes as painful, disorienting, and humiliating. What began as a teenager’s dream to connect with a beloved artist through messages and social media ended, she says, in a silence too heavy to keep. The Spanish woman behind the name Ivet Playà has chosen to speak, not for spectacle, she insists, but to reclaim her story.

The emotional testimony, shared through a video published on her TikTok, begins with a direct and measured intention: “I am here because I need to tell my story with Alejandro Sanz. For the girl I was, but above all, for the woman I am today.”

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Ella es Ivet Playà, fan de Alejandro Sanz, quien lo acusa de haberla usado: ‘Me siento humillada y sucia’ La joven asegura haberlo tratado por primera vez en persona cuando tenía 18 años. . . . . #alejandrosanz #ivetplaya #miraquetevi #mqtv

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From Admiration to Proximity

The story begins in 2015. Ivet was underage when her interactions with the Spanish singer first began online. She recalls with visible disbelief how a global celebrity took notice of her photos, responded to her messages, and even posted about her. The admiration quickly evolved into something deeper, particularly after she turned 18. According to her account, that was when the first private meeting between them took place.

By then, Sanz was 49 years old. She describes a deepening relationship that followed her across cities. She took jobs to attend his concerts. She moved from Barcelona to Madrid. She was offered work, she says, directly by him. That job, she claims, led to a relationship that was no longer professional. “My personal connection with him became intimate and sexual. I thought I was living another dream, but it became a terrible nightmare.”

Observers and experts have pointed out that her experience appears to follow a pattern associated with grooming, although it is important to note that she has not described it using that term herself. The concept, often referenced in child protection and legal frameworks, involves building trust with a young or vulnerable person in ways that create emotional dependency, often laying the foundation for an unequal or exploitative relationship once they reach adulthood. Allegations of this nature are complex. The signs can be subtle. The intentions can be difficult to define. In Ivet’s case, she says she was a minor when attention began, and that her admiration later deepened into something that felt inescapable.

Ivet Playà On Deciding to Speak Up

What she describes in the video is not framed as a criminal accusation. She makes clear that she does not hold Alejandro Sanz responsible for any unlawful act. Yet her words carry the weight of something she says crossed every moral line she had once understood. She calls her experience “humiliating” and says she felt “dirty,” describing what she believes was a deeply unequal and painful dynamic. “He lives in a parallel reality,” she claims. That, she adds, “is tremendously dangerous.”

She is no longer the girl who once idolized him, she explains. She now identifies herself as someone who recognizes the difference between admiration and influence, between love and control. She does not deny her agency. Instead, she draws attention to how the power imbalance — age, status, visibility — complicated that agency. She describes the experience as one that dismantled her perception of safety and clarity in relationships.

Alejandro Sanz Responds

Alejandro Sanz has responded. In a public post dated June 17, he shared his version of events. He refers to their relationship as one between adults and says he recalls it fondly. “I had a very beautiful memory of us,” he wrote. He expressed regret that, in his words, that sentiment “has now been broken.”

He then referenced an interaction that took place in May, alleging that Ivet had proposed a business investment involving her family. According to Sanz, he declined after consulting his financial advisors. The implication in his response is that her decision to speak publicly may be linked to that refusal.

In the same statement, he denies ever engaging in the behaviors she described in her video. He closes with a wish that she “finds her path and happiness.”

What’s Next?

What happened between Ivet Playà and Alejandro Sanz may never be fully known by the public. What is undeniable is the impact it has had on her. Her voice, long absent from the narrative, has now entered with clarity. Whether the public interprets it through sympathy, suspicion, or discomfort, she has said what she came to say.

This story does not exist to determine legal guilt or innocence. It exists because a woman once admired someone deeply and now wants her experience to be heard without fear or erasure. The music, the memories, the messages — they all remain. So does her voice, now steady.