SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican celebrity Ricky Martin filed a lawsuit Wednesday towards his nephew accusing him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of legislation and damages stemming from false allegations of sexual abuse.
Martin’s attorneys stated the declare by way of the nephew, which he has since recanted, has price the singer thousands and thousands of greenbacks in misplaced source of revenue.
The lawsuit filed within the U.S. territory’s Courtroom of First Example alleges that Martin has been “persecuted, besieged, burdened, stalked and extorted” by way of his “stricken” nephew for financial causes. It additional alleges that if the nephew does no longer download any monetary receive advantages, he would proceed to “assassinate the recognition and integrity of the artist.”
The lawsuit contends the harassment has persevered although Martin’s nephew, recognized as Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin, admitted below oath in July that he had by no means been sexually assaulted by way of the artist.
Sánchez had in the past taken criminal motion towards his uncle in line with the ones false allegations, which triggered a pass judgement on in Puerto Rico to factor a restraining order towards Martin in July {that a} courtroom later suspended.
The ones allegations price Martin a minimum of $10 million in misplaced source of revenue because of canceled contracts and tasks in addition to $20 million in damages to his recognition, in keeping with the lawsuit.
The lawyer who represented Sánchez if so may no longer be straight away reached for remark. It wasn’t transparent if she additionally can be representing Sánchez within the lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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The lawsuit mentioned that from October 2021 to January 2022, Sánchez would ship as much as 10 messages an afternoon to Martin, the vast majority of them “meaningless diatribes with none specific objective.”
It additionally accused Sánchez of publishing Martin’s personal quantity on Instagram, which compelled the singer to switch his quantity.
A number of months then went by way of with out Sánchez sending a message till he asked the security order in July towards Martin, in keeping with the lawsuit.
It additionally stated Sánchez falsely alleged that he had had a romantic courting with Martin for seven months and that Martin supposedly didn’t need the connection to finish and stored calling Sánchez with frequency.
“Not anything farther from the reality,” in keeping with the lawsuit.
It additionally stated two restraining orders had in the past been filed towards Sánchez in an unrelated stalking case.