Bad Bunny’s ex-girlfriend documents lawsuit trying to get $40M
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Bad Bunny’s ex–girlfriend is suing the superstar for at minimum $40 million above a properly-recognized voice recording she supplied the singer just before he became renowned.
Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, whose breathy “Bad Bunny, baby” recording was bundled in two of the artist’s tracks, claimed in a lawsuit filed this thirty day period in a Puerto Rico courtroom that her voice and the phrase she came up with are getting used with out her authorization.
The lawsuit, which was to start with documented by on-line Puerto Rico news site Noticel, notes that the phrase was used in the “Pa Ti,” track, which has more than 355 million views on YouTube and a lot more than 235 million reproductions on Spotify. It also was utilized in the “Dos Mil 16” tune, which has far more than 60 million sights on YouTube and 280 million reproductions on Spotify.
The lawsuit states that De La Cruz’s “distinguishable voice” also has been employed without the need of her consent for tunes, data, promotions, worldwide concert events, television, radio and social and musical platforms.
“Since then, hundreds of men and women have commented right on Carliz’s social media networks, as nicely as every single time she goes to a general public location, about the ‘Bad Bunny, baby.’ This has triggered, and at present will cause, that De La Cruz feels fearful, anguished, intimidated, confused and anxious,” the lawsuit states.
Also sued is Noah Kamil Assad Byrne, manager for Poor Bunny, whose real identify is Benito Martínez Ocasio.
Assad and reps of Bad Bunny did not immediately react to a concept for remark.
De La Cruz and Martínez 1st turned a few in 2011. A yr afterwards, they commenced finding out at the University of Puerto Rico in the north coastal town of Arecibo although also performing at a nearby grocery retailer. The lawsuit said that during that time, Martínez was consistently developing music and rhythms and would find opinions from De La Cruz, who also was in cost of scheduling his functions and handling invoices and contracts.
The beginning of the phrase, “Bad Bunny, baby,” came about in 2015, and Martínez requested De La Cruz to record herself declaring it. She did so in a bathroom a person working day although keeping with a good friend due to the fact which is where by it was least noisy and then despatched it to him, the lawsuit mentioned.
On Jan. 1, 2016, Martínez requested De La Cruz to marry him, and they built ideas to do so in July 2016. But in April 2016, Rimas Entertainment signed Martínez. That exact calendar year, De La Cruz was approved into the University of Puerto Rico’s legislation university, and she finished her romance with Martínez in May well 2016.
They got back with each other in 2017, but as soon as all over again went their different paths.
Then in Might 2022, a Terrible Bunny representative achieved out to De La Cruz, stating he essential to chat to her.
“In that simply call, (the consultant) explained, ’I know you really don’t like to speak about Voldemort (referring to Martínez), but I will need to talk to you anything,” the lawsuit stated.
He available her $2,000 to invest in the recording of her voice. De La Cruz declined and then spoke with anyone at Rimas Amusement who also available to get it, expressing the recording would be utilised in the approaching album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” the lawsuit mentioned.
But a deal was in no way attained, and the music was published with no De La Cruz’s consent, according to the lawsuit.