The family of Selena Quintanilla is facing a millionaire lawsuit to profit from the history of the ?? Queen of the Tex-Mex ??.
In accordance with I! News, there is a legal contract that was signed years ago that states that Selena’s name rights, As well as everything related to his life and work, they belong to a businessman named Moctesuma Esparza.
The portal notes that was he the one who produced the film ?? Selena ?? in 1997, starring Jennifer Lopez, and since then is this contract which stipulates that he has the possession to exploit the image of the singer. And in 2020, when the family authorized the production of the series Netflix based on his life, Esparza filed a $ 1 million lawsuit, To violate this guideline.
A judge has already authorized the lawsuit
seconds The Hollywood Reporter, The main problem is that Esparza states that by signing this agreement it was detailed that an alliance of companies would be formed that would maintain the rights until the expiration of the copyright of the film.
For its part, Selena’s family insists that there is an amendment to where they are recover the rights of form ?? reversed ?? to be able to continue using the name of the interpreter later.
And after several months in legal proceedings to try to define who really has the power to collect the profits from the series, Judge Maurice Leiter of the LA Superior Court accepted that the petition if it proceeds legally in favor of Moctesuma.
The portal details that Leiter accepted the accusations of ?? breach of fiduciary duty, breach of fair treatment, unjust enrichment, negligent misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment ??, against the Quintanilla family.
However, there is still hope that they will not have to pay the full amount, as the lawyers for Netflix they are also dealing against Esparza, and have made some progress on the premise that they were not part of the deal, so the full collection of the million dollars the producer is asking for does not proceed.
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