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Alicia Civita

Former Menudo Star Sues Band Creator Over Decades of Rape, Names José Menéndez as Abuser in Shocking Court Filing

Former Menudo star Roy Rosselló has filed a sweeping civil lawsuit in New York's federal court alleging years of sexual abuse by Edgardo Díaz, the powerful founder and longtime manager of the iconic Latin boy band. The complaint, which is demanding a trial by jury, also implicates a towering figure from American music history: José Menéndez, the RCA Records executive who brokered Menudo's $30 million U.S. deal—and the father of Lyle and Erik Menéndez, who notoriously murdered him and their mother in 1989.

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