Ricky Martin’s nephew reportedly information sexual assault grievance towards singer
A brand new sexual assault grievance has been filed towards Ricky Martin.
Though the identification of the one who filed the grievance and associated particulars weren’t made public, the Associated Press has reported that an individual unauthorised to talk about the case has attributed the claims to nephew Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin.
The particular person additionally claims that the grievance doesn’t mechanically set off an arrest as a result of the alleged incident isn’t latest, including that police will examine and decide whether or not fees are warranted.
The allegations come after the Martin filed a $30million (£26million) extortion lawsuit towards his nephew final week by which the singer claimed that Sánchez had continued to harass the singer with Instagram messages.
The singer’s nephew, was beforehand granted a restraining order with out a listening to towards Martin after accusing him of sexual abuse.
A choose ultimately dismissed the non permanent restraining order towards Martin after his nephew requested to have the case dropped. Martin strenuously denies the allegations saying they’re “utterly false”.
In a press release to PEOPLE, Martin’s lawyer José Andréu-Fuentes mentioned of the brand new grievance: “These claims are wildly offensive and utterly untethered from actuality. When this man beforehand made comparable allegations, his authorized case needed to be withdrawn – not least as a result of he himself admitted below oath that Ricky Martin had by no means assaulted him in any approach.
“Now, after being sued for attempting to extort Mr. Martin, he’s making an attempt to unfold his lies once more. It’s past time that the media stops giving this deeply troubled particular person the oxygen of publicity and permits him to get the assistance he so clearly wants.”
Ricky Martin is finest identified for his 1999 hits ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ and ‘She’s All I Ever Had’, each of which appeared on his eponymous fifth (and first English-language) studio album (self-titled).
His newest launch was the ‘Pausa EP’, which landed in Could 2020 and is about to be adopted up with one other EP, ‘Play’, sooner or later this yr.