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(Update) Ricky Martin Wins Case After Nephew Withdraws Claim, Restraining Order Dismissed

<p>Ricky Martin has won his court case against his nephew&comma; who withdrew his claim of sexual abuse and harassment prompting a judge to dismiss the temporary restraining order that had been in place since last week&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;21&sol;ricky-martin-wins-nephew-restraining-order-sexual-relationship&sol;"><strong>TMZ<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Thursday&comma; Ricky appeared on the Zoom court call&comma; where he was told his 21-year-old nephew Daniel Yadiel Sanchez had dropped the charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Latin superstar&&num;8217&semi;s legal team said the result was &&num;8220&semi;just as we had anticipated&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Just as we had anticipated&comma; the temporary protection order was not extended by the court&period; The accuser confirmed to the court that his decision to dismiss the matter was his alone&comma; without any outside influence or pressure&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ricky&&num;8217&semi;s Nephew Is A &&num;8220&semi;Troubled Individual&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Lawyers For Pop Star Say<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>His lawyers went on to say that Ricky&&num;8217&semi;s nephew was a &&num;8220&semi;troubled individual&&num;8221&semi; and characterized his claims as &&num;8220&semi;false allegations&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CgC-Az-PTE7" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;And the accuser confirmed he was satisfied with his legal representation in the matter&period; The request came from the accuser asking to dismiss the case&period; This was never anything more than a troubled individual making false allegations with absolutely nothing to substantiate them&period; We are glad that our client saw justice done and can now move forward with his life and his career&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ricky-martin-faces-up-to-50-years-in-prison-for-domestic-abuse-claims-in-relation-to-alleged-sexual-relationship-with-his-21-year-old-nephew&sol;"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> last week&comma; Sanchez had initially claimed he had a sexual relationship with his pop star uncle and filed a restraining order against him due to allegations of stalking and domestic abuse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Martin and his legal team had firmly denied any wrongdoing from the start after Martin was served with a restraining order in Puerto Rico for stalking and domestic abuse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Martin’s brother was the one to drop the bombshell that the person Ricky was accused of stalking and abusing was his nephew&comma; Daniel Yadiel Sanchez&comma; who had accused him of having a sexual relationship for almost a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;94030" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-94030" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-94030" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;GettyImages-1399467829&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"683" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-94030" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">CAP D&&num;8217&semi;ANTIBES&comma; FRANCE &&num;8211&semi; MAY 26&colon; Ricky Martin attends the amfAR Gala Cannes 2022 at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 26&comma; 2022 in Cap d&&num;8217&semi;Antibes&comma; France&period; &lpar;Photo by Clint Spalding&sol;amfAR&sol;Getty Images for amfAR&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Nephew Claimed Ricky Martin Stalked Him After He Ended Their Relationship<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In the now-rescinded allegations made by Martin’s nephew&comma; he alleged that after he ended the seven-month relationship with Martin&comma; his uncle did not take the news well and began stalking him outside his home and constantly reaching out via phone calls and text messages&period; Sanchez also initially claimed he suffered from both physical and psychological abuse during the relationship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Martin was facing up to 50 years in prison under Puerto Rican law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this month&comma; just after news of the restraining order broke&comma; Ricky Martin took to social media to proclaim his innocence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The protection order entered against me is based on completely false allegations&comma; so I will respond through the judicial process with the facts and the dignity that characterize me&period; Because it is an ongoing legal matter&comma; I cannot make detailed statements at this time&period; I am grateful for the countless messages of solidarity&comma; and I receive them with all my heart&comma;” Martin wrote on Twitter at the time&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The pop star has taken a step back from the spotlight to be a father in the last few years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"94025" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;update-ricky-martin-wins-case-after-nephew-withdraws-claim-restraining-order-dismissed&sol;" data-secure&equals;"bb78727029"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; 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