A decide in Puerto Rico has issued a home violence-related restraining order towards Latin pop icon Ricky Martin.
Cops visited a rich neighborhood within the city of Dorado, the place the 50-year-old singer lives, to try to serve the order, which was signed Friday, police spokesman Axel Valencia mentioned.
“Up till now, police haven’t been capable of finding him,” Valencia mentioned Saturday of Martin, whose reps have labeled the allegations “false and fabricated.”
It was not instantly identified who requested for the restraining order, and the police spokesman mentioned he couldn’t disclose particulars on the matter as a result of the order was filed below Puerto Rico’s home violence regulation.
The complainant isn’t Martin’s husband of six years, Spanish-born artist Jwan Yosef, Telemundo reported Sunday.
Yosef, 37, an achieved artist who was raised in Sweden, has been in a relationship with Martin since 2016, the outlet mentioned.
The pair secretly married in 2017.
El Vocero, a Puerto Rico newspaper, reported Saturday that the order states that Martin and the one that did file the criticism dated for seven months. The particular person alleged that Martin didn’t settle for their break up two months in the past and that he has loitered close to the petitioner’s dwelling at the very least 3 times, the report mentioned.
“The petitioner fears for his security,” El Vocero quoted the order as saying.
The order bars the “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer from contacting or calling the one that filed it, police mentioned. A decide will later determine throughout a listening to if the order ought to keep in place or be lifted.
Valencia, the police spokesman, famous that the one that filed for the restraining order didn’t contact cops, which might have prompted prosecutors to find out if there was sufficient proof to file costs. As a substitute, the request went on to the court docket.
Martin’s representatives have denied the claims.
“The allegations towards Ricky Martin that result in a safety order are utterly false and fabricated,” his spokesperson informed The Submit on Sunday. “We’re very assured that when the true info come out on this matter, our consumer Ricky Martin shall be absolutely vindicated.”
The information comes after Martin was slapped last week with a $3 million lawsuit from his ex-manager Rebecca Drucker for unpaid commissions.
“Martin utterly and maliciously refused to pay Rebecca the hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in commissions that he owes her below their administration settlement,” reads a part of the 15-page go well with filed Wednesday.
In a newly released documentary, although no specifics allegations are made towards Martin, members of his former boy band, Menudo, alleged they had been topic to sexual abuse, bullying, together with oppressive working circumstances, and had been uncovered to medication at a younger age.
However Martin — who isn’t interviewed in four-part HBO Max docuseries “Menudo: Eternally Younger” — made life tough for fellow members, in accordance with Sergio Blass, who was a part of the group from 1986 to 1990.
“To be with Ricky was brutal as a result of he had seniority over me,” Blass mentioned. “So if somebody knocked on the door, I needed to open it. If the telephone rang, I needed to decide it up. I used to be like his housewife.”
In line with experiences, the singer has not formally been served with the restraining order as of Sunday.
With Submit wires
