Ricky Martin has filed a $20 million lawsuit in opposition to the nephew who accused him of sexual assault, a rep for the singer and actor confirmed to TheWrap on Wednesday.
The lawsuit, which was filed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, alleges that Dennis Yadiel Sánchez is making an attempt to “assassinate [Martin’s] popularity and integrity,” and that the accusations had been made “maliciously, with none possible trigger, with severe disregard for the reality and understanding that they had been false.”
In July, Sánchez filed a restraining order in opposition to Martin, claiming that he’d had a seven-month incestuous relationship along with his Grammy-winning uncle, who he additional claimed was now stalking and harassing him. Martin denied the stunning allegations and his nephew withdrew his claims, “admitt[ing] below oath that he had by no means been sexually assaulted by Plaintiff.”
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Per the lawsuit, Sánchez has continued his marketing campaign of harassment, together with posting Martin’s personal mobile phone quantity on social media and creating an Instagram account for one among Martin’s underage youngsters.
The swimsuit, which refers to Sánchez as a “maladjusted particular person,” is searching for $20 million as recompense for misplaced multi-million offers and harm to Martin’s popularity.
Martin, who now feels “unsafe” in his residence nation of Puerto Rico, additionally desires Sanchez to be banned from speaking with him and his household, “both personally, by phone and/or by social
networks.”
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