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Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band formed by producer Edgardo Díaz. [2] Referred to as the "most iconic Latino pop music band", [3] they have been ranked as one of the biggest boy bands of all time by several publications, including Billboard, Us Weekly, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue, being the only Latin band on their lists.
Menudo was a boy band of epic proportions back in the 1970s and 80s. An HBO doc explores its history and details new allegations. Here's everything to know.
The LAPD is investigating allegations that Edgardo Díaz, the founder of Menudo, sexually assaulted a former teenage member of the boy band in the 1980s.
On 20 November 2014, Rene Farrait, another former Menudo member, told the Telemundo show Suelta La Sopa: "Unfortunately, there are many people in the communications world that really know what happened (at Menudo) and are playing stupid", when asked about abuse allegations by Diaz. He did not, however, mention anything about sexual abuse ...
Related: Former Menudo Boy Band Member Claims He Was Drugged and Raped by the Father of the Menendez Brothers His allegations are now part of a petition attorneys for the Menendez brothers have ...
Fernando started in Menudo at age 12, and was one of the primary voices in the group until he left at age 15. He sang lead vocal on Chiquitita , which became one of Menudo's biggest hits. After he left the group, Fernando became popular as a soloist in Puerto Rico and in South America .
Roy Roselló joined Menudo at age 13 in August 1983, and alleged in the documentary he was sexually abused by Diaz, the group's founder, for the three years he was in the band.
According to the newspaper El Universal, Galindo was the second Venezuelan to join the ranks of Menudo. [2] [3] Later, in 1997 he joined the ballad-pop group MDO, which emerged after the dissolution of Menudo, there they released albums such as Un poco más (1999) and Subir al cielo (2000). They won 2 gold and one platinum records, and ...