BREAKING! Former Menudo Member Claims To Have Been Raped By Father Of Menendez Brothers!

Rumors of Jose Menendez being obsessed with and sexually abusing Menudo members have been around for FOREVER.

There are pictures of Jose Menendez at Menudo concerts. The pic below is him at a concert of theirs in 1984 in Brazil.

Back in 1991 Bolivar Arellano, a photographer who worked with the group some, stated nine boys were raped by their manager Edgardo Diaz and seven more boys were raped by music executives, which is what Jose Menendez was.

In 1994, Steve Wax, a colleague of Jose, stated Jose would joke about the abuse allegations in Menudo. Mind you, 1990 is when the abuse accusations became public after former members went on a talk show. Jose died in 1989 so he was joking about it before it was public information.

In 1994 a daily news article said it's now "coming to light" that a Menudo member had been "inappropriately touched" by Jose. Said article included a quote from Leslie Abramson, the brothers' defense attorney, who stated they were aware of the Menudo member but declined to subpoena him as "he had a career" and believed the brothers' testimony was enough.

In 1999 there was the infamous rumor mill that Ricky Martin was sexually assaulted by Jose in a car, wherein Jose attempted to pull his pants down and touch him, but Ricky of course denied it, and his PR person at the time stated he never even met Jose. Which was swiftly answered by people bringing up a pic of Menudo, Edgardo, and Jose, with Ricky Martin having literally just joined and standing alongside to the boy he replaced (Ricky Melendez).

In 1999 the prosecutor David Conn said “I remember hearing an allegation that Jose Menendez had molested someone in Menudo.”

in 2003 on the Larry King show Dr. Vicary and David Conn were two guests, and Vicary said there were Menudo members who had been molested by Jose (and were in the entertainment business...) but chose to not come forward with a public statement. Conn states "We saw no reliable evidence during the trial that was true. We heard about that rumor and I don't think that was substantiated." (His wording is interesting... somebody's word can be used as evidence and "I don't think" indicates more an opinion ie not stating they investigated and found it to be false).

In 2022 Ash Ruiz a Menudo member from 1991-1995 stated he heard rumors of Edgardo having pimped the boys out to get the RCA contract. Jose was the one who gave Menudo the RCA contract in 1983. This is what Roy Rossello just now accused Edgardo of doing to him, stating he believes Menudo got the contract because Edgardo pimped him out to Jose.

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