Raphy Pina files a lawsuit against Don Omar

Yesterday, the legal representation of producer Rafael “Raphy” Pina Nieves filed a lawsuit for defamation against urban exponent Don Omar. The decision comes after William Omar Landrón Rivera, the real name of the reggaeton, published the signaling of “chota” to Pina on his social networks.

The lawsuit contains two charges of defamation. He is seeking compensation for reputational and economic damage, ”María Domínguez confirmed to Primera Hora, who discussed the reason for the legal proceedings.

Don Omar has awarded Raphy for allegedly cooperating with federal authorities in connection with his criminal case, that he was the 2012 case, and claims that he took advantage of the valve.safety valve), which is nonsense because the valve only applies to drug trafficking cases. In Raphy Pina’s case, it was a fraud. He didn’t even have the option of using a valve ”.

1. Raphy Pina will have to be released under surveillance for two years

Domínguez was referring to the bank fraud case for which Pina pleaded guilty to his participation in a conspiracy that embezzled Doral Bank for $ 4.1 million through the purchase of a luxury home in the Palmas del Mar complex, in Humacao, and for which he was convicted in 2016 up to two years of supervised release, in addition to a $ 150,000 fine, and up to 250 hours of community service.

“The safety valve It is one aspect of the federal punishment guidelines that if you make a statement to the authorities about what happened during the crime, you are released from the mandatory minimum, from the mandatory minimum sentence, ” he explained on the term. and stated that at the time of the interview he had received no response from Don Omar.

“He has to be summoned, the court is still in the process of issuing the summons. After a summons you have a term to reply ”, said the lawyer. “Now he is expected to respond to the question and that will result in a (money) transaction or a lawsuit,” he clarified, clarifying that if the singer does not answer, “there the verdict would be in our favor.”

The lawyer also stated that the situation has not taken away the calm of the producer.

“Pina is calm because he knows he owns the truth. In this case, the one who is lying is Don Omar, making harmful allegations, “he said.” Raphy is a person who, although a public figure, is a person who has a private life, is calm with her children and with her partner. (the singer Natti Natasha) He’s not really looking for trouble with anyone, but he will defend himself against allegations that are completely untrue. ”

Last Thursday, Pina shared on her Instagram profile the letter her lawyers had sent to the city interpreter as a warning. This gave Don Omar a deadline until March 16 to present evidence of his allegations and to publicly apologize. Later the producer deleted the message showing the document.

Likewise, Don Omar deleted from his Facebook account the March 8 post in which he directly referred to Pina as “chota”.