Edgardo Díaz, founder of the Puerto Rican Menudo gang, is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for allegedly sexually assaulting a former gang member in the 1980s, sources confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.
The investigation centers on an attack that allegedly occurred at the Biltmore Hotel, located in downtown Los Angeles.
“We can confirm that this was also reported is an ongoing investigation” an LAPD spokesman said in a statement to the newspaper, without providing further details due to victim confidentiality rules.
Docuseries reveals sexual abuse of former Menudo member
This is the first known criminal investigation into Diaz. The allegations against him, known for years, gained notoriety in recent days due to the documentary series “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed,” which Peacock began broadcasting on May 2.
This production deals with the case of brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndez, who were found guilty of murdering their parents, Mary Louise and José, of Cuban descent.
The murders of the then businessman of RCA Victor, Menudo’s record label, and the former beauty queen drew national attention following the outcome of the case in 1996, when the brothers were sentenced by a jury to life in prison without parole. right of suspension.
Roy Rosello denounces Edgardo Díaz
In the series, Roy Rosselló, a former member of the group that was a global sensation in the 1980s and disbanded in 1997, asserted that he was a victim sexually assaulted by José Menéndez when she was 14 years old.
Rosselló also talks in the documentary about Diaz is abused. Years ago, the former Menudo member had already claimed to have been victimized at the time by Edgardo.
“I was the only member who didn’t do any kind of audition in Menudo, because everyone knows that I joined Menudo because Edgardo (Díaz) just saw me and she fell in love with me,” Rosselló said in the series.
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 claims that Diaz took him to a roomtied him to the bed, beat him with a wet towel and raped him after discovering that he had invited girls his own age to the hotel with his classmates.
“He said to me, ‘This better be it The last time I saw you with a woman because you are 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 walking into a Los Angeles police station to file a police report about the alleged assault.
Díaz created the group Menudo in 1977, consisting of five teenagers who were replaced as they grew older.
Source: univision
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