Ricky Martin is once again in the spotlight and is involved in a delicate situation.
The 50-year-old Puerto Rican singer has been denounced for domestic violence, according to the EFE agency.
The Puerto Rico Police confirmed this Saturday that they are in the process of managing a protection order issued against the artist for a complaint under Law 54, which protects this type of victim on the Caribbean island.
Some allegations that have already been answered by his legal team, which has described them as "completely false".
The order was issued by Judge Raiza Cajigas Campbell, of the Court of First Instance of San Juan, following a request from someone whose identity has not been revealed as it is a case under the Law for the Prevention and Intervention with Domestic Violence. , according to the statement issued by the police to which EFE has had access.
The order was signed last Friday, and authorities visited a luxury neighborhood in Dorado, a city on the north coast of the island where the singer lives, to try to enforce the order, police spokesman Axel said. Valencia, to the Associated Press agency.
"At the moment, the police have not been able to find him," Valencia said.
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According to the Puerto Rican newspaper
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, the lawsuit document explains that the complainant and Ricky Martin were related "for seven months and separated two years ago", but that the interpreter has not accepted this separation.
The same document alleges that the singer of
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frequently calls the plaintiff and has even loitered around his residence on at least three occasions, for which "the petitioner fears for his safety." ”, in addition to noting that “it has been shown that there is a substantial possibility of immediate risk of abuse”.
This restraining order prohibits the actor from the series
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to approach, annoy, intimidate or threaten the complainant, in addition to making phone calls, sending text or voice messages to the victim's personal, work, family or friend phone numbers, a restriction that is also extended to emails emails and social media accounts.
Police spokesman Alex Valencia assures that it will be a judge who will determine later in a hearing if the order should remain in force or be withdrawn, adding that normally the orders apply for at least a month.
Valencia has also pointed out that the person who has filed the lawsuit did not go to the police, but has done so directly in court, according to the Associated Press agency.
For its part, Ricky Martin's legal team assures that the allegations of domestic violence against the artist are "completely false," according to the statement released by Perfect Partners, the singer's public relations firm in Puerto Rico.
"We are sure that when the true facts come to light in this matter, our client will be fully vindicated," adds the brief note.
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Enrique Martín Morales, better known as Ricky Martin, has been married since 2017 to the Swedish artist of Syrian origin Jwan Josef, with whom he has four children: twins Valentino and Matteo, Lucia and Renn.
This other complaint comes in the same week in which the artist is facing a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles (USA) by his former manager Rebecca Drucker, who worked with the singer between 2014 and 2022, for which he demands payment of 2.9 million euros in unpaid commissions.
At the moment, the artist is silent on these two matters, and also stays away from his social networks, where he has not posted a single message for six days.
