The patriarch of the Rivera family pointed out in an interview with journalist Pati Chapoy that his granddaughter Jacqie, the manager of Jenni Rivera’s fortune, told him this I would make a suggestion to reach an agreementbut according to the singer, this never materialized, a version that contrasts with the version that Lupillo Rivera gave in October.
Jenni Rivera’s children are suing their grandfather
According to the official complaint documents published by Billboard in September, Pedro Rivera is accused of “exploiting” the musical compositions she created. In addition, her companies Cintas Acuario and Ayana Musical exploited Jenni’s “name, image and likeness for a sum of tens of millions of dollars.”
The civil case clarifies that it seeks to “remedy this alleged infringement and protect the artistic heritage” of the performer of “Inolvidable,” and the motion is filed Reimbursement of the money withheld and retained by the litigants.
Pedro Rivera would have tried to negotiate with his granddaughter Jacqie
In the interview broadcast on November 9 on the program “Ventaneando”, the patriarch of Rivera pointed out that it was his granddaughter who promised to send him a proposal to reach an agreement, but he did not do so.
“These materials belong to me,” he explained in an interview with the Mexican journalist. “We spoke to Jacqie, who was left as executor, and We agreed that she would suggest something to me so we could move forward.but he never responded, so they have already turned to lawyers,” he said.
“We only spoke once and about 10 days later I reminded him but he never replied to me,” he added.
Don Pedro pointed out that the material he allegedly owned from his late daughter would be “about eight or ten complete albums of hers,” he revealed.
Lupillo Rivera has a different version
In early October, Lupillo Rivera spoke about the legal conflict between his father and his nephews, noting that this had been the case Don Pedro, who asked the lawyers to solve the problem.
“From what I know and what Jacqie has told me, my niece has been trying to talk to my father and find out how they could solve this problem. My father told her it was better by lawyers” he said in a ‘live’ he did via Facebook.
According to El Toro del Corrido, his niece was very affected by her grandfather’s reaction.
“I remember that day Jacqie called me crying and he said to me, ‘Man, why did my grandfather tell me that?'” Lupillo revealed, who did not reveal the date his niece attempted to contact her late mother’s father. “I told him, ‘I don’t do that’ I don’t know. ‘My love, I don’t know how to explain this to you.’ I told him clearly that I I didn’t know my father that day“, confessed the singer.
Rosie’s resignation from Jenni Rivera’s company
Pedro Rivera also spoke about his daughter Rosie’s resignation as executive director and CEO of Jenni Rivera Enterprises, a situation that caused another rift between the children of “La Diva de la Banda” and their family.
“It’s a big family and every brain is a different world (…) I don’t know what happened, I don’t know how things were handled, I didn’t get involved in other people’s lives,” he said in the Interview with “Ventaneando”.
“I thought everything was fine because Rosie and Juan invited me to their events, I was always there and everything looked normal, but suddenly things started happening and in reality I don’t even know how it happened,” he said .
However, Don Pedro was clear and said that his love for his grandchildren endures despite the conflicts.