Gloria Trevi denies ‘extremely painful’ sex abuse claims in new trial

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Singer Gloria Trevi has released a statement on social media denying new allegations of sexual abuse. (Paul A. Hebert/Invision/Associated Press)

Latin pop diva Gloria Trevi has denied sexual assault allegations after two women filed a lawsuit against the singer and her ex-manager and producer Sergio Andrade on December 30.

Early Friday morning, the “No Queras Lastimarme” musician released a statement in Spanish and English dismissing the allegations on her Instagram and Twitter accounts.

“I will not remain silent as I am wrongfully accused of crimes I did not commit,” she wrote.

In the 30-page lawsuit reviewed by The Times on Friday, two women identified as Jane Does allege they were 13 and 15 when the singer (“Defendant Doe 1″) approached them and persuaded them to join Andrade’s (” Defender Doe 2″). training academy for the opportunity to become stars.

Although the lawsuit does not explicitly identify Trevi or Andrade as defendants, details such as album titles make it clear that the allegations relate to the former collaborators. The lawsuit also describes a third unnamed defendant who was a “choreographer, dancer and assistant working for” the singer and producer.

The women claim Trevi ‘groomed’ them for Andrade, who ‘pressured’ and ‘coerced’ them into sex acts in the early 1990s. The lawsuit alleges a ‘substantial part’ of the alleged abuse occurred in Los Angeles County.

The lawsuit was filed shortly before the Dec. 31 deadline for California’s three-year window that gave adults more time to file lawsuits for childhood sexual abuse.

“These false charges, which were first leveled against me over 25 years ago, have been tried in various courts and, in all cases, I have been fully and totally acquitted,” Trevi said, who said she was a “survivor” of sexual assault. abuse. “For those old debunked claims to resurface now is extremely painful for me and my entire family.”

She continued: “The charges were false when they were made and remain false today.”

This is not the first time Trevi, 54, has been embroiled in allegations of sexual abuse. In 2000, singer and then-manager Andrade was arrested in Brazil for rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors, a year after the allegations surfaced. The charges were dropped in 2004.

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Trevi concluded her social media statements by asking her fans to “look beyond the nonsensical tabloid headlines to get the facts.

“I will continue to move forward and work for justice in this case and I will do so knowing the truth is on my side,” she said.

This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

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