Ricky Martin sues nephew, alleges million-dollar losses
4 min readBy Associated Press
SAN JUAN: Puerto Rican famous person Ricky Martin filed a lawsuit Wednesday in opposition to his nephew that accused him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of legislation and damages — stemming from false allegations of sexual abuse.
Martin’s attorneys mentioned the declare by the nephew, which he has since recanted, has value the singer hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in misplaced revenue.
The lawsuit filed within the U.S. territory’s Court of First Instance alleges that Martin has been “persecuted, besieged, harassed, stalked and extorted” by his “troubled” nephew for financial causes. It additional alleges that if the nephew does not receive any monetary profit, he would proceed to “assassinate the reputation and integrity of the artist.”
The lawsuit contends the harassment has continued regardless that Martin’s nephew, recognized as Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin, admitted underneath oath in July that he had by no means been sexually assaulted by the artist.
Sánchez had beforehand taken authorized motion in opposition to his uncle primarily based on these false allegations, which prompted a decide in Puerto Rico to problem a restraining order in opposition to Martin in July {that a} courtroom later suspended.
Those allegations value Martin at the very least $10 million in misplaced revenue on account of canceled contracts and initiatives in addition to $20 million in damages to his status, in accordance with the lawsuit.
The lawyer who represented Sánchez in that case could not be instantly reached for remark. It wasn’t clear if she additionally can be representing Sánchez within the lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit said that from October 2021 to January 2022, Sánchez would ship as much as 10 messages a day to Martin, nearly all of them “meaningless diatribes without any particular purpose.”
It additionally accused Sánchez of publishing Martin’s personal quantity on Instagram, which compelled the singer to alter his quantity.
Several months then glided by with out Sánchez sending a message till he requested the safety order in July in opposition to Martin, in accordance with the lawsuit.
It additionally mentioned Sánchez falsely alleged that he had had a romantic relationship with Martin for seven months and that Martin supposedly did not need the connection to finish and saved calling Sánchez with frequency.
“Nothing further from the truth,” in accordance with the lawsuit. It additionally mentioned two restraining orders had beforehand been filed in opposition to Sánchez in an unrelated stalking case.
SAN JUAN: Puerto Rican famous person Ricky Martin filed a lawsuit Wednesday in opposition to his nephew that accused him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of legislation and damages — stemming from false allegations of sexual abuse.
Martin’s attorneys mentioned the declare by the nephew, which he has since recanted, has value the singer hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in misplaced revenue.
The lawsuit filed within the U.S. territory’s Court of First Instance alleges that Martin has been “persecuted, besieged, harassed, stalked and extorted” by his “troubled” nephew for financial causes. It additional alleges that if the nephew does not receive any monetary profit, he would proceed to “assassinate the reputation and integrity of the artist.”
The lawsuit contends the harassment has continued regardless that Martin’s nephew, recognized as Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin, admitted underneath oath in July that he had by no means been sexually assaulted by the artist.
Sánchez had beforehand taken authorized motion in opposition to his uncle primarily based on these false allegations, which prompted a decide in Puerto Rico to problem a restraining order in opposition to Martin in July {that a} courtroom later suspended.
Those allegations value Martin at the very least $10 million in misplaced revenue on account of canceled contracts and initiatives in addition to $20 million in damages to his status, in accordance with the lawsuit.
The lawyer who represented Sánchez in that case could not be instantly reached for remark. It wasn’t clear if she additionally can be representing Sánchez within the lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit said that from October 2021 to January 2022, Sánchez would ship as much as 10 messages a day to Martin, nearly all of them “meaningless diatribes without any particular purpose.”
It additionally accused Sánchez of publishing Martin’s personal quantity on Instagram, which compelled the singer to alter his quantity.
Several months then glided by with out Sánchez sending a message till he requested the safety order in July in opposition to Martin, in accordance with the lawsuit.
It additionally mentioned Sánchez falsely alleged that he had had a romantic relationship with Martin for seven months and that Martin supposedly did not need the connection to finish and saved calling Sánchez with frequency.
“Nothing further from the truth,” in accordance with the lawsuit. It additionally mentioned two restraining orders had beforehand been filed in opposition to Sánchez in an unrelated stalking case.
