Edgardo Diaz
, founder of the Puerto Rican gang Menudo, is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department
for allegations of sexual assault on a former member of the group in the 1980s
, sources confirmed to the
Los Angeles Times
.
The investigation focuses on
an attack allegedly occurred at the Biltmore Hotel
, located in downtown Los Angeles.
"We can confirm that a report has been taken and that it is an ongoing investigation," a Los Angeles police spokesman said in an official statement, without providing further information due to
victim confidentiality rules
.
Edgardo Dïaz was the mastermind behind Menudo.
For him, the band was always a business.
This is the first known criminal investigation surrounding Diaz.
The complaints against him, known years ago,
gained notoriety in recent days due to the documentary series Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed
, which the Peacock platform began broadcasting this Tuesday in the United States.
This production
deals with the case of the brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndez
, who were found guilty of the murder of their parents, Mary Louise and José, of Cuban origin.
The murder of the then businessman of the
RCA Victor record company, which was the label of Menudo
, and of the former beauty queen attracted the attention of the country, which followed the outcome of the case in 1996, when
the brothers were sentenced by a jury to imprisonment. life
without parole.
Roy Roselló revealed what happened that night in the hotel, where he says he was raped.
What the TV series shows
In the series, Roy Rosselló, a former member of the
group that was a worldwide sensation in the 1980s and which dissolved in 1997
, assured that he was the victim of sexual assault by José Menéndez
when he was 14 years old
.
Rosselló also speaks in the documentary about Díaz's abuses
.
Years ago, the former member of Menudo had already claimed to have been a victim of sexual abuse at that time by Díaz.
"I was
the only member who did not do any type of audition
in Menudo, because everyone knows that
I entered Menudo because Edgardo (Díaz) simply saw me and fell in love with me
," Rosselló said in the documentary.
In the final episode of
the three-part series
, Rosselló recounts a visit to the Biltmore Hotel during a trip to Los Angeles, according to the
Los Angeles Times
.
Rosselló alleges that
Díaz took him to a room, tied him to the bed, beat him with a wet towel and raped him
after discovering that, with his companions, he had invited girls his age to the hotel.
"He told me:
'This better be the last time I see you with a woman because you're mine. I'm not going to share you with anyone,'"
Rosselló says in Spanish about that day, according to the newspaper.
Towards the end of the documentary, Rosselló is seen entering a Los Angeles Police station to file a police report on the alleged attack.
Menudo: the '80s boyband
Díaz formed the group Menudo in 1977
, made up of five teenagers who were replaced as they got older.
Ricky Martin was part of the band and
is the former member who has had the greatest success
.
Xavier Serbiá, Miguel Cancel, Johnny Lozada, Ricky Meléndez and
Draco Rosa
were also part of the group that achieved fame in Latin America and Spain.
The group's success even reached the Philippines.
Several of his songs were translated into English, Portuguese and Italian.
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