Ricky Martin has asked the Court of First Instance in San Juan, Puerto Rico to dismiss a counterclaim filed this month by his nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martín, seeking $10 million in damages he allegedly caused for having exercised against him “non-consensual sexual conduct” since he was 11 years old.
In this new counterclaim, filed with the Court on May 3, a number of alleged non-consensual sexual encounters between the singer and his nephewhis sister’s son on his father’s side, Vanessa Martin.
In this context, the Puerto Rican singer’s lawyers defined these claims as “frivolous and inconsiderate”, while they defined the alleged damages as “unreal and/or speculative”, for which they requested the rejection of the counterclaim.
Furthermore, the artist “absolutely and unequivocally” denied the allegations, while assuring the Court that he had never been alone with his nephew “neither in his car nor in his dressing room nor anywhere else”, since Sánchez Martín “He was accompanied at all sometimes by other family members.
What does Ricky Martin’s nephew’s counterclaim say
As detailed in the new lawsuit, these alleged non-consensual sexual encounters allegedly took place in places such as the artist’s car when he was picking up his nephew from the Sotero Figueroa school in San Juan. According to his testimony, Ricky Martin “stalked” the minortaking him to different places in San Juan without leaving the vehicle and in solitary places to “have oral and genital sex”.
“The non-consensual sexual relations continued after middle school and during the years when plaintiff Sánchez Martín was under twenty-one (21 years old). In subsequent years, telephone and social media communications between the parties intensified.” , details.
The counterclaim further alleges that “a year before filing a request for a protection order under the domestic violence law in court, the plaintiff here Sánchez Martin consistently warned Ricky Martin that he felt harassed and asked him to stop his constant communications.
Apparently, since the Puerto Rican artist’s insistence did not stop, the nephew chose to take the case to court.
“The acts of non-consensual sexual contact with a minor, in addition to constituting a crime, caused enormous damage to Sánchez Martinwho had neither the maturity nor the legal capacity to consent to sexual acts initiated by an adult, in this case Ricky Martin,” concludes the counterclaim.
For all of this, Sánchez Martin indicates that “damages for this non-consensual sexual conduct are estimated at approximately ten million dollars and are liquid and payable at this time.”
Justice has granted the singer a protection order for having persecuted his nephew, extended by a year last November. His lawyer has already issued a statement on what the artist’s nephew wanted, assuring that the nephew’s allegations are part of a pattern of “harassment” against him.
“These claims are tremendously offensive and completely false and unrelated to reality,” the lawyer insisted. “This individual has a clear agenda that is the product of a sick mind that clearly needs help.”
When did the conflict between Ricky Martin and his nephew start?
The legal disputes between the singer and his nephew began in July 2022, when Sánchez Martin was granted an exparte domestic violence protection order against his uncle, which, however, was filed the same month at the young man’s request.
The court later granted Enrique Martin Morales, the singer’s first name, a protection order for stalking his nephew, which was extended by one year last November.
The provision orders Sánchez to “refrain from harassing, stalking, intimidating, threatening or otherwise interfering with the applicant or his family members”, as well as not to go near his home or that of his family members and not to contact by telephone , email or social media.
For his part, Sánchez sued his uncle for sexual assault in early September, but a judge denied the protective order he requested in October.
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Source: Clarin
