Ricky Martin faces new sexual assault complaint, reportedly from his nephew

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Singer Ricky Martin in 2020.
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A sexual assault criticism has been filed in opposition to pop star Ricky Martin, who not too long ago sued his nephew over what he stated had been false allegations of sexual abuse.

The criticism was filed Friday at a police precinct in San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital, police spokesman Edward Ramírez instructed the Related Press on Saturday. Data together with who filed the criticism and particulars of the allegations usually are not public, given the character of the criticism.

An individual with data of the case who was not approved to talk publicly about it and requested anonymity, confirmed that Martin’s nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin, filed the criticism. The particular person stated the criticism doesn't routinely set off an arrest as a result of the alleged incident shouldn't be current, including that police will examine and decide whether or not fees are warranted.

Sánchez beforehand requested a restraining order in opposition to Martin in July, however a choose later archived the case after Sánchez admitted underneath oath that he had by no means been sexually assaulted by the singer.

Flavia Fernández, a spokeswoman for Martin, instructed the AP that the singer’s authorized workforce is evaluating the state of affairs and never issuing public remark for now.

On Wednesday, the artist’s attorneys filed a lawsuit in opposition to his nephew, whom they described as “troubled.” They accused him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of regulation and damages.

They stated Sánchez’s allegations price Martin a minimum of $10 million price of canceled contracts and tasks, plus one other $20 million in damages to his status.

The lawsuit states that Sánchez would ship as much as 10 messages a day to Martin, the bulk “meaningless diatribes with none explicit objective.” It additionally accuses him of publishing Martin’s non-public quantity, forcing him to vary it.

As well as, the lawsuit stated Sánchez falsely claimed he had a romantic relationship with Martin for seven months and that the singer didn’t need it to finish and would name Sánchez incessantly.

“Nothing farther from the reality,” the lawsuit said.

Attorneys additionally famous that a choose beforehand issued Sánchez two restraining orders in an unrelated stalking case.

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