According to the lawsuit obtained by the American media The Rolling Stone, neither the name of Trevi nor that of Andrade appear literally in the document, but due to the details presented by the plaintiffs and the chronology of their narratives, it makes it clear that they are the two defendants.
The two victims allege that they were 13 and 15 years old when the singer of “Pelo suelto” approached them to propose joining a supposed musical training program elite group led by Andrade and by then, both Trevi and Andrade already enjoyed international fame and recognition.
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In their description, the plaintiffs assert that in the facts presented in the 1990s, Trevi prepared and manipulated them on various occasions to become “slaves” to the producer and that much of the abuse took place in Los Angeles County.
For their part, both describe that the events they experienced separately with Andrade were physical attacks, isolation from their family and constant abuse.
“(Trevi and Andrade) used their role, status and power as a well-known and successful Mexican pop star and famous producer to gain access, groom, manipulate and exploit (the victims) and force contact with them over a course of years. ”, the complaint alleges, according to the music magazine.
The document was filed Dec. 30 under California’s Child Victims Law, which allows survivors of child sexual abuse to file civil cases and which temporarily suspended the statute of limitations on older child sexual abuse claims.
In January 2000, Trevi, his former representative Sergio Andrade and María Raquenel Portillo, known as ‘Mary Boquitas’, They were arrested in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on charges of kidnapping, abuse and corruption of minors.
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Trevi spent three years in prison and was extradited to Mexico, where she was acquitted and released in September 2004.after a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support the charges of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors brought against him.
However, although Andrade was convicted of child abuse, kidnapping and corruption, he only spent one more year behind bars.
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