Here’s Why Daddy Yankee & His Wife Are Going Back to Court
TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 01: Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, known professionally as Daddy Yankee and Mireddys González pose before the regular season game between the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 01, 2023 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Daddy Yankee, his wife Mireddys González, and his sister-in-law Ayeicha González Castellano are not done in court. After allegedly settling their lawsuit last month, the three are reportedly going back to court because the requested documents did not get delivered. The parties are scheduled to head to court on Jan. 14.
In early December, DY announced his divorce from his wife, Mireddys. Later that same month, it was revealed he was suing her and her sister for allegedly trying to withdraw $100 million from his business accounts, El Cartel Records and El Cangris, without his consent, resulting in him taking legal action. The lawsuit detailed that they had already been removed from their administrative roles when this allegedly occurred.
Because of this unauthorized – and ultimately unsuccessful – transaction, DY wanted the Honorable Tribunal to issue an order asking Mireddys and Ayeicha to refrain in any way from making decisions and making “disbursements, drawing or disposing” in any way of rights, patrimony assets, or resources from companies without Ramón L. Ayala Rodríguez’s – Daddy Yankee’s real name – participation and approval.
Fast forward to Dec. 20, the parties met and allegedly settled on an agreement. Although part of the agreement was for DY to resume the presidency of both El Cartel Records and El Cangris – and for the sisters to share all important documents and contracts with the Puerto Rican icon – it appears that the transition didn’t go smoothly.
Today (Jan. 9), it was revealed that the parties will meet again in court on Jan. 14 for “corporate litigation,” according to Primera Hora. It appears that DY requested a court hearing after the sisters claimed to feel “harassed” by the settlement’s requests. DY’s team is now requesting “a definitive stop to the misrepresentation, the strategies of victimization (of the González sisters) and use of terms such as ‘feeling harassed’ only to distract the Court, to try to harm the plaintiff publicly, [and] to achieve non-compliance with the order without consequences,” according to El Nuevo Día.
Although the sisters initially settled to deliver the requested documents, DY’s team claims they didn’t provide the proper documentation and instead gave them old archives. Because of this, DY’s team asked the court to order the defendants to deliver what was initially requested in 24 hours or a management representation letter and a specific list of what was provided under oath, along with the documents not yet provided, according to the source above.
The request would involve both parties going under oath and delivering a letter about matters regarding the corporations, such as the documentation related to the sale of DY’s musical catalog (including terms of that transaction) and the rights and limitations of that arrangement, per Primera Hora. DY’s lawyers are also asking for the sisters’ lawyers to pay the “costs and attorney’s fees for the recklessness demonstrated throughout this litigation.”
On the other hand, the sisters’ lawyers are asking for the request to be dismissed because they disagree with DY’s team’s demand for a management representation letter to finally finalize the transfer of the corporations. The sisters’ lawyers say there’s “no place“ for such demand. They also describe the petition as “reckless harassment.“
However, DY’s team claims it’s a “normal, ordinary management and good practice customary in the corporate business world when there is a transfer of control of the companies.”