Puerto Rican urban artist Daddy Yankee said Thursday that he hopes that “in God’s peace” the lawsuit against his ex-wife, Mireddys González, and his ex-sister-in-law, Ayeisha González, for allegedly destroying files of their corporations El Cartel Records and Los Cangris, Inc.
“May it end in God’s peace. Vamos pa’ encima,” said Daddy Yankee upon his arrival today at the Federal Court in Hato Rey (San Juan), where the initial hearing of this new case, which is part of the legal dispute that began in late 2024, is being held.
Daddy Yankee’s legal dispute
Accompanied by his legal representative in this hearing, Victor Acevedo Hernandez, Daddy Yankee assured that he would have liked this situation “to be otherwise” and that he has “always” been “at the service and open” to reach an agreement.
Daddy Yankee’s lawyers allege that the urban exponent’s ex-wife and then sister-in-law violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Stored Communications Act by accessing and destroying corporate data without his authorization.
For this, Daddy Yankee is seeking $12 million, alleging that the Gonzalez sisters gained unauthorized access to and deleted essential files related to the artist’s career, including information from his ‘La Última Vuelta’ tour and the sale of his music catalog.
For his part, Acevedo Hernández added that the objective of the case is to “vindicate the rights” of the Cangris and El Cartel Records corporations and to ask the court that the defendants “return four years of records that were erased from the corporations’ files.
“Our position is that there is federal jurisdiction and they exist precisely for this purpose,” the lawyer assured.
Details of the claim
The lawsuit states that the Gonzalez sisters “sabotaged fundamental operations” by deleting communications related to the multi-million dollar sale of Daddy Yankee’s music catalog and his ‘La Ultima Vuelta World Tour’, among others.
According to Acevedo Hernandez, these communications “were deleted during the time when they were no longer authorized to manage the corporations and during a period when they passed into the hands of Daddy Yankee.
Meanwhile, Mireddys Gonzalez’s lawyer, Mayra Lopez Mulero, asked her client not to make any statements to the press upon his arrival at the court.
“We are not going to make any comments and we have to respect the procedures. She is going to answer what I am going to ask her to answer,” he emphasized.
The beginning of the battle between the singer and his ex-wife
The dispute over the corporations began after in December 2024 the Gonzalez sisters made transfers totaling one hundred million dollars from the corporate bank accounts to personal accounts of each party, without the knowledge or authorization of the artist.
The couple’s separation was confirmed on those dates and the divorce was made official on February 19, after almost 30 years of marriage and two children together.
Since then, disputes in state courts have been frequent, and now reach the federal forum.
