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Ricky Martin Speaks Out: "I Wouldn't Wish This Upon Anybody"
Ricky Martin is turning the tables.
The "Livin' La Vida Loca" vocalist accuses his nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin, of extortion successful a $30 cardinal civilian suit filed successful a San Juan, Puerto Rico tribunal connected Sept. 7. Ricky, 50, submitted the papers 2 months after a judge granted Dennis' petition to dismiss a impermanent restraining order he had obtained against the popular star, in which helium claimed his uncle allegedly stalked and harassed him after engaging successful a sexual narration with him. The singer's attorneys had denied the allegations.
The caller lawsuit, printed successful Spanish and obtained by E! News, accuses Dennis of being a "maladjusted individual" of "legal age" and alleges that helium "persecuted, besieged, harassed, stalked and extorted" Ricky, demanding fiscal compensation and threatening to "continue his run of assassinating his estimation and integrity done mendacious and malicious accusations." Ricky accuses his nephew of continuing to interaction him connected societal media contempt withdrawing the restraining bid and admitting "under oath that helium had ne'er been sexually assaulted" by the popular star.
The suit alleges that Dennis' actions caused "million-dollar contracts and contiguous and aboriginal creator projects" to beryllium canceled, resulting successful astatine slightest $10 cardinal successful fiscal damages, and caused "damage" to the popular star's estimation "in a sum of not little than $20 million.
In his lawsuit, Ricky alleges that from October 2021 to January 2022, Dennis perpetually sent messages to him done WhatsApp and Instagram, sometimes much than 10 a day. Ricky said that, arsenic his uncle, helium answered them erstwhile helium could, successful a bid to supply "words of encouragement." He stated that in December, helium refused a petition from his nephew to travel him connected Instagram.
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According to the lawsuit, Ricky besides declined a aboriginal petition from Dennis to instrumentality his children to the movies. The popular star, a begetter of four, added that successful January, his nephew allegedly told him that helium had created a societal media leafage for 1 of his kids, which "dismayed" Ricky, who past ignored aboriginal messages. Dennis past allegedly posted the star's cell telephone fig connected Instagram, prompting him to person unwanted calls and past alteration his number. His next communication, the suit states, was his restraining bid filing successful July.
"Sánchez alleged falsely that helium had had a romanticist narration with [Ricky] for 7 months and that it had ended 2 months earlier," the singer's filing states. "He further claimed that [Ricky] did not judge that the alleged narration ended and that helium called him frequently. Nothing [could be] further from the truth."
Ricky alleges successful his suit that the restraining bid petition was "based connected lies and existent malice," and "intended to harass and harm" the vocalist and "sully his reputation." Ricky besides wrote that his nephew's actions person caused him and his household to consciousness unsafe successful Puerto Rico.
E! News has reached retired to some of their attorneys for remark and has not heard back.
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