Ricky Martin is in litigation with Rebecca Drucker, his former manager, and the US media reports a million-dollar lawsuit against the singer.
While Ricky Martin has joined the controversy of Lightyear, the new Disney Pixar premiere that has been banned in 14 countries for showing a kiss between two women, nothing suggested that the The Puerto Rican singer received other bad news: a lawsuit from his former manager.
Rebecca Drucker, who worked with Martin from 2014 to 2018 and then again from 2020 to 2022, is suing the 50-year-old Latin music icon for unpaid commissions, according to legal documents, filed Wednesday at the Los Angeles Central District Court, mentioning a “potentially career termination charge”.
Drucker noted that she worked with him on two separate occasions because his “personal and professional life was in absolute chaos” and allegedly helped the Puerto Rican singer navigate the world of “recording contracts, tour and sponsorship deals and other professional endeavors”. According to the New York Post, the lawsuit says so on some of its 15 pages “Rebecca Drucker saved Ricky Martin’s career”. And he gets straight to the point: “There’s only one problem: Martin maliciously and completely refused to pay Rebecca the millions of dollars in commissions he owed her under her management agreement.”
Ricky Martin, faced with a tough request from his former representative.
“With Rebecca at his side, Martin has made millions of dollars and, therefore, it owes you substantial commissions to Rebecca, “says the complaint.
the same new york post He reported that he tried to contact Martin’s rep to release his release, but nothing is official yet. Drucker also claimed in the lawsuit that the “Livin ‘la Vida Loca” singer was threatened and intimidated with an “accusation that it could end your career“in September 2020.
The lawsuit also accuses Martin of having it “a toxic workplace” and who discussed with him during “a particularly bad incident in Dubai involving Martin and his manager José Vega” in 2018.
Rebecca Drucker, Ricky Martin’s former manager, said the singer “threatened” her to keep her mouth shut and remain silent under a nondisclosure agreement.
Drucker also claimed in the lawsuit that while “Martin’s career has flourished since he hired Rebecca as his manager in May 2020”, she he was “forced to face a litany of personal problems on Martin’s partlike the problems with the nanny she hired to take care of her children, Martin’s non-payment of taxes and his substance abuse. “
Thus, the document accessed by NYP stated that there had been a “forced” end to their business relationship and stated that the former “Menudo” singer he manipulated her and liedwhich led to his departure earlier this year.
Drucker claimed that Martin “threatened” her. to keep your mouth shut and remain silent with a confidentiality agreement. something that for now does not seem to be close to materializing.
Source: Clarin
