Ricky Martin hit with restraining order in Puerto Rico

[Sarzy]

It is not known who requested the restraining order against the Puerto Rican singer and no further details have been released because the order was filed under domestic violence law.



A Puerto Rican judge has issued a restraining order against Ricky Martin, police have said.

The order was signed on Friday after authorities visited the singer's neighbourhood in the north coastal town of Dorado to try to serve the order, police spokesman Axel Valencia said.

"Up until now, police haven't been able to find him," Mr Valencia said.

The Livin' La Vida Loca singer's publicist did not immediately return a message asking for comment.

It is not known who requested the restraining order and no further details have been released because the order was filed under Puerto Rico's domestic violence law.

Newspaper El Vocero says the order states that Martin and the other party were in a relationship for seven months before they broke up two months ago.

The report quotes the order as saying the petitioner claims Martin did not accept the separation and has been seen near the petitioner's house at least three times.

news.sky.com/story/singer-ricky-martin-hit-with-restraining-order-in-puerto-rico-12644733

[funky]

Very interesting. Just three days ago, his former manager sued him for 3 million in unpaid commission. This from another article:

Rebecca Drucker alleged that Martin "fostered a toxic work environment wherein he constantly mistreated, manipulated, and lied to Rebecca, forcing her to resign as his manager in April 2022."
She has since claimed that Martin has "threatened" her "and is attempting to force her to sign an agreement with a nondisclosure clause to silence Rebecca about the abhorrent behavior by Martin that she has both witnessed and endured." Drucker, however, said in the docs she "will not be silenced."
The complaint added: "For years, she protected Martin from the consequences of his reckless indiscretions. Rebecca did so not only because she was his manager, but also because she thought that Martin was her dear friend."

So the way I read it, Martin cheated on his husband on several occasions, his manager made sure it never hit the light of the day, and as soon as she is not her manager anymore, the first case appears. I don't think that's a coincidence.

[chaz]

TMZ are saying he was in a relationship with his nephew 🙄 I went down that rabbit hole

[waterslide]

This sounds like mess. This story is from Deadline from a few days ago.

Ricky Martin Hit With $3M Unpaid Commissions Lawsuit; Ex-Manager Claims She Saved Him From “Potentially Career-Ending Allegation”

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Ricky Martin’s former talent manager has issued a stark warning to the Grammy winner and Emmy nominee: pay up or reap the whirlwind. Specifically, in “excess of USD $3,000,000, or according to proof, and unpaid commissions are accruing on an ongoing basis,” reads a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Rebeeca Drucker against The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story star.

“Rebecca Drucker saved Ricky Martin’s career,” says the often taunting 15-page breach of oral contract suit from the “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer’s manager from 2014-2018 and 2020-2022. “There is just one problem: Martin completely and maliciously refused to pay Rebecca the millions of dollars in commissions that he owes her under their management agreement.”

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The jury-seeking suit (read it here) adds that “Martin has now threatened Rebecca and is attempting to force her to sign an agreement with a nondisclosure clause to silence Rebecca about the abhorrent behavior by Martin that she has both witnessed and endured.”

Unpaid commission dust-ups between reps and their former clients are a virtual sub-genre in the LASC docket. However, in the case of Martin and Drucker, the latter clearly and bluntly wants the former to know she “will not be silenced.” “For years, she protected Martin from the consequences of his reckless indiscretions. Rebecca did so not only because she was his manager, but also because she thought that Martin was her dear friend,” reads the suit filed by attorneys Joshua M. Rosenberg and Armound Ghoorchian at Venable LLP.

Now, with assertions of “a toxic work environment,” “a particularly ugly incident in Dubai involving Martin and his representative José Vega” in 2018, a “personal life …in disarray,” and “Martin’s nonpayment of taxes, and his substance abuse,” Drucker and her lawyers have done little to hide the fact they believe they have the goods on Martin if he doesn’t settle.

Firing the cannonball of an unspecified “potentially career-ending allegation in September 2020” across the legal bow, Drucker and her team signal they may not be the only ones with the supposed goods on Martin. Amid the details of broken promises and commissions going from 5% to 10% as part of a short-term reconciliation is a perceived legal threat:

Rebecca not only acted to advance Martin’s career but also rendered services to protect it. In one example among many, in or around September 2020, Martin received a letter from a highly-respected litigation attorney in Los Angeles, California. Rebecca stood next to Martin as they read the legal letter for the first time. In that letter, the attorney threatened to publicly file a legal complaint against Martin if he did not pay money to resolve a claim against him alleged by this attorney’s client. After reading the legal letter, Martin collapsed. He expressed his extreme fear to Rebecca that if this threat were carried out, the consequences to Martin would be catastrophic.

In response, Rebecca quickly brought in one of the top defense attorneys in Los Angeles who Rebecca had previously retained for a client. Based on Rebecca’s advice, Martin retained this prominent litigator to defend against this devastating claim. Needless to say, the claim ultimately never saw the light of day. Once again, Rebecca saved Martin’s career with the exceptional managerial and advisory services that she provided to him during this ordeal.

While the minutiae of the potential scandal waiting to happen for the CAA-repped Martin remains under lock and key, lawyers like Rosenberg and Ghoorchian would be unlikely to make a statement like “career-ending allegations” unless they’ve got something to back it up with.

“This complaint only scratches the surface,” is all Rosenberg would say Wednesday outside the filing. “Rebecca looks forward to having her day in court and prosecuting her claims in front of a jury.”

Martin’s reps have not responded to requests for comment about Drucker’s complaint or her allegations. If they do, we will update this story. We do know that Martin is being represented in this matter by Lavely & Singer, with Andrew Brettler taking lead on the case.

Set to soon release a companion EP to his Latin Grammy-winning EP Pausa, Martin is also on board to star in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Mrs American Pie. The Abe Sylvia-penned and Tate Taylor-helmed comedy also features the likes of Carol Burnett, Kristen Wiig, Josh Lucas, Allison Janney and Leslie Bibb.

Deadline


Here is a link to the pdf of the actual court papers:

Rebecca Drucker complaint pdf

 

So you know it's bad because Ricky is being repped by Lavely & Singer.  I really want to know what the career-ending allegation is because I didn't know Ricky Martin was this messy.  And what could be so bad that it would end his career?  It seems like you have to work really hard to end a career these days.  

[Sarzy]

^ I had no idea he was messy either. I want to hear more about this.

I'm so confused about the nephew rumour, it's not on TMZ site but it's all over Twitter and nobody seems to know where the rumour started.

[waterslide]

I didn't know anything about the nephew, but I just saw a tweet saying the rumor came from Lipstick Alley. So I can only follow it from Twitter to Lipstick Alley so...I don't know where this is coming from and I think we need all the grains of salt for that. But...that would end a career, wouldn't it?

Sarzy I found the original comment at Lipstick Alley which bounced me back to this homophobic Twitter account who provided a screen shot of part of a Spanish-language, seemingly Puerto Rican Instagram post.  The post doesn't have a check mark, so who knows what this is about. 

 


As best as I can translate the blue box:



Allegedly, the victim is the singer's 20-year-old nephew who alleged to police he has a consensual relationship with the singer

(I think that's the gist?)


Website of the supposed Puerto Rican new outlet:

Tu Noticia


And the original article:


Tu Noticia Ricky Martin


I cannot copy and paste from that page to post the article and I'm not on my phone to screen shot it.

[MsDark]

Ricky might be messy, but I'm finding it a little sus when the sources are this anti-LGBT.

[waterslide]

I have no way of vetting the original source for the nephew story but it's some kind of news outlet (but so is Fox News so...) and I'm not sure that it is actually anti-LGBT. The homophobic person is who tweeted the screen shot of the news outlet's IG post and used it to prop up their anti-LGBT argument. I think.

At the "news" site, there is a video with the actual papers for the order of protection, but it's so tiny you can't read anything on it.

[trixie]

Jul 3, 2022 21:12:24 GMT waterslide said:

So you know it's bad because Ricky is being repped by Lavely & Singer.  I really want to know what the career-ending allegation is because I didn't know Ricky Martin was this messy.  And what could be so bad that it would end his career?  It seems like you have to work really hard to end a career these days.  

Well, my guess would be pedophilia, underaged boys and/or incest or all of the above.

I haven't really followed his career, just knew he had a husband and a couple kids. Never heard anything negative but this ex-manager sounds PISSED and ready to spill the tea. 

[waterslide]

^Same. I just remember seeing pics of him and his family in a celeb homes thread. I never heard any whispers about him being a pedo or into incest until the last 24 hours.

I'd love to hear the ex-manager spill the tea.

But first!  A word from Ricky's brother.  Obviously by way of google translate:

The singer's brother, Ricky Martin offered his version this Sunday of the protection order that was issued yesterday Saturday against the artist. Martin, I confirm that the complaint was made by a nephew of the exponent and I assure you that he suffers from "mental problems" that he has mental problems is another twenty pesos... we have been fighting all our lives for that, said the man in a video. The man let it be known that you have to be careful with Law 54

Law 54 refers to:

Preventing Domestic Violence in Puerto Rico. País: Costa Rica. Reseña: This presentation deals with Puerto Rican Law 54, which was enacted on August 15 1989 in order toprovide real alternatives for the victims of physical, sexual or emotional abuse.

Preventing Domestic Violence in Puerto Rico
biblioteca.cejamericas.org › handle

Original Spanish version and video:

Tu Noticia

[trixie]

Yes! I remember that celeb home thread too. There was a really large front door. lol will have to check old GR.

[chaz]

Weird, so Ricky's brother confirms the restraining order is from a nephew...but adds he has mental issues. Hmmm...why would Ricky stalk or intimidate a nephew?

The only career ruining news would be pedophilia or sexual assault.

I definitely want to hear more....

[mrsfawlty]

Jul 4, 2022 0:56:23 GMT chaz said:

Weird, so Ricky's brother confirms the restraining order is from a nephew...but adds he has mental issues. Hmmm...why would Ricky stalk or intimidate a nephew?

The only career ruining news would be pedophilia or sexual assault.

I definitely want to hear more....

My very wise mother once said that if you believe that that someone is trying to harm you and others are telling you that you are mad, your belief may well be true!

[sputnik]

The nephew is 20 so even if the rumours are true I’m not sure about the pedo angle, there aren’t any indications he was involved with him as a small child. That Spanish tweet has so many homophobic red flags I wouldn’t take it seriously.
You can be messy/scandalous without doing anything illegal with a minor you’re related to, I’m going to need a whole lot more than what’s here before jumping to any conclusions

I can totally believe ricky’s a whole lot messier than his picture perfect gay family man image he’s so carefully curated though

[trixie]

Oh I'm not sure about the pedo angle either, but the ex-manager acts like these allegations only "scratch the surface" so I was just speculating on what would be career ending for him. If he's just a philanderer, I don't see how that would be "catastropic" yes it would blow his cover as a gay family man, that might tarnish his reputation but I don't see that ending a career. So whatever the ex-manager is alleging, true or not, has to be pretty dirty.