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Daddy Yankee is suing his estranged wife in Puerto Rico with allegations that she took nearly $100 million from his account without authorization.
Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee filed two legal motions last week (December 13) in Puerto Rico, seeking an injunction against his estranged wife, Mireddys González. The filing alleges she withdrew $80 million from an account under his El Cartel Records imprint, and another $20 million from an account under his company Los Cangris, “without authorization.”
The filing was made in a San Juan court against González, her sister Ayeicha González Castellanos, and El Cartel Records, where the former allegedly serves as CEO and the latter serves as secretary and treasurer.
In the 16-page filing, the reggaeton hitmaker’s attorneys claim that “in spite of the plaintiff being the owner of the shares of the company and being the reason for the existence of the corporation Cartel Records Inc., today he lacks access, interference and information, to all that he generated and continues to generate and to which he is entitled.”
Daddy Yankee, real name Ramón Luis Ayala Rodriguez, called the withdrawals a “desperate attempt” against “warnings received and express requests that she put a stop to any management and initiative that would compromise the company’s finances.”
“It now becomes evident why she has wanted to keep him in the dark and deny him information about the withdrawals and cash movements that she and her sister made behind his back,” his lawyers write.
Rodriguez’s filing asks the court to provide “immediate removal of the plaintiffs from any function or interference in the corporations as officers or administrators thereof and the delivery of the information and documentation that they have illegitimately withheld.”
He claims González and her sister improperly moved to “concentrate in their persons a greater power over the operations of the Cartel than was authorized, which has resulted in a detrimental and negligent performance for the company.” Further, he asserts they “failed to render an accurate account of their actions, disregarded formalities and requirements of the corporate legislation, irresponsible financial decisions.”
González is accused of hiring a third party to represent El Cartel in the sale of Rodriguez’s music catalog to Concord back in October. According to the filing, the transaction was formalized by selling these rights at a price that “turned out to be unreasonable, disproportionate, and far below the real value.”
Daddy Yankee recently announced that he and González were divorcing after 20 years of marriage. “After more than two decades of marriage and after many months of trying to save my marriage, which my wife and I share, today my lawyers respond to the divorce petition received by Mireddys.” In addition to serving as CEO of El Cartel, González was also the reggaeton artist’s manager.
