Ricky Martin is firing back at his nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sanchez, who accused him of sexual abuse by filing a $20M lawsuit

Ricky Martin is firing back at his nephew who accused him of sexual abuse by filing a $20M lawsuit. 

Back in July, we shared a report that the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer had allegedly been hit with a domestic violence restraining order in Puerto Rico — by someone other than his husband of 5 years, Jwan Yosef.

Then, we learned that it was his 21-year-old nephew in Puerto Rico that had accused him of abuse. 

Ricky’s nephew alleged that he and Ricky had an incestuous relationship, citing they were “romantically and sexually” involved for 7 months; and that when things ended, Ricky allegedly stalked and harassed him. Ricky vehemently denied the allegations; and soon after, the nephew withdrew his claims, and his temporary restraining order was dismissed.

Now, Ricky claims he’s been “persecuted, besieged, harassed, stalked and extorted by a maladjusted person,” being his nephew. A report states that earlier today (Wed., Sept. 7), Ricky filed a $20 million lawsuit in San Juan against Dennis Yadiel Sanchez, for trying to “assassinate” his reputation, costing him multi-million dollar deals. Ricky also says that a month after Dennis withdrew his claims, he allegedly DM’d his uncle on IG, threatening to "assassinate his reputation and integrity" unless he forked over some dinero.