The Puerto Rican star’s sister Rick MartinVanessa Martin, provided evidence and testimony at yesterday’s hearing before Judge Maranyeli Colón Requejo, from Court of Saint Johnas confirmed by Mr. José Andréu Fuentes, one of the singer’s lawyers, in an interview with the journalist Sylvia Hernandez from “Day to day”from Telemundo.
“It was shown by some texts that the boy had been trying to make up a story to hurt Ricky for some time and by some texts that he himself sends to his mother, to his mother where these texts show that he was planning, trying to harm Ricky in order to gain an economic advantage,” said Andréu Fuentes.
The attorney also pointed out that the sister of the performer of hits like “Tiburones” and “Asignatura Pendiente” “provided the lyrics and an affidavit with those lyrics.” The foregoing served as evidence for Judge Colón Requejo to deny Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin’s request for a protection order under the Sexual Assault Victims Act.
“She is very saddened by this situation but she knows the issues her son is facing and her interest is to see how she can help her son so he doesn’t get caught up in more issues.” explained Andréu Fuentes.
The legal representative of the father of four children – Lucía, Valentino, Renn and Matteo – similarly offered details on the allegations made by Sánchez Martin, an alleged incident of a sexual nature when he was 11 years old, in the also actor’s dressing room, while he acted in the musical “Evita”, in Broadway, new York.
“This boy once went to New York with his family, he was with his mother all the time – he was a boy – and every contact he had with Ricky Martin was with his mother and his family. The boy’s claim that he was alone in a dressing room when he was 11 is completely false,” he told Hernández.
Yesterday, after it became known that Colón Requejo refused the protection order requested by Sánchez Martin, Helga García, spokeswoman for the veteran artist, announced this through written statements Attorneys Andreu Fuentes, Dora Monserrate and Joaquín Monserrate Matienzo “presented compelling evidence that demonstrated in court the pattern of erratic behavior and untruths that Dennis established from the beginning of this litigation with the sole purpose of murdering his uncle’s reputation”.
Enrique Martin Morales, name of the artist, filed a lawsuit against Sánchez Martin on September 7, accusing his nephew of extortion, defamation, malicious persecution, abuse of rights and damages. The brief claims that Colón Requejo made the decision after hearing the singer’s and Sánchez Martin’s testimonies.
“I owe that to my kids, my husband, my family and all the fans who have believed in my integrity. I feel reassured knowing that today we took a major step in this litigation that is ongoing,” Ricky Martin said in the letter.