Menudo Promoter
Menendez Doc Trashed Group’s Rep!!!
I Need $500 Mil From NBC
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NBC’s documentary about Menudo and the group’s ties to Jose Menendez is doing critical injury to the Menudo model, and now their promoter needs the community to fork over at the least half a billion {dollars}!
Darrin McGillis is suing over “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed” — which has been streaming on Peacock since 2023 — and he is notably upset about what he calls “scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of ‘sexual,’ ‘molestation,’ ‘gay,’ and ultimately ‘homosexual’ behaviors of past members of the Menudo group.”
The documentary options former member Roy Rosselló Diaz alleging Jose — father of Erik and Lyle Menendez — molested him again within the ’80s. Nevertheless, in his lawsuit, McGillis tries to discredit Roy … claiming he grew to become a heavy drug person after leaving the group, and was bitter about a number of gay relationships he’d had with older males.
In line with docs, obtained by TMZ, McGillis says NBC primarily based the entire documentary on Roy’s “fabricated statements” and paid him a “substantial amount of money” to share his story on digicam.
McGillis, who tells TMZ he nonetheless owns rights to a number of of Menudo’s outdated hits, believes NBC’s documentary harms the Menudo model … and, due to this fact, he must receives a commission.
The documentary, and Roy’s claims about Jose, sparked renewed curiosity within the Menendez brothers case, because it appeared to bolster Erik and Lyle’s allegation their father had molested them for years … prompting the notorious murders.
4/19/23
TMZ.com
The lawsuit, which McGillis wrote and filed by himself, calls for $500 million in punitive damages, alone … plus, no matter different damages the court docket needs to award.
Legal professional Alan Jackson joined us again in 2023 on “TMZ Live” to speak concerning the explosive accusation towards Jose Menendez … watch the clip above.
