Gloria Trevi Sex Cult Claims Revived in New Lawsuit

Two Jane Does sued Trevi and her former producer Sergio Andrade last week over sexual assault allegations dating back to the 1990s when the plaintiffs were minors

Rolling Stone/January 4, 2022

By Nancy Dillon, Ethan Millman

Nearly two decades after a judge abruptly cleared pop diva Gloria Trevi of charges she lured minors into a secret sex ring in Mexico, the singer is facing a new civil lawsuit in Los Angeles that revives claims she procured underage girls for her ex-producer Sergio Andrade.

The new complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, was filed shortly before the Dec. 31 deadline for a three-year “lookback” window that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on childhood sex assault claims in California. Neither Trevi nor Andrade are specifically named in the suit, but it’s clear they’re the top two Doe defendants based on details including concerts Trevi played in the 1990s and albums she recorded.

According to the filing, two Jane Doe plaintiffs allege they were 13 and 15 years old respectively when Trevi approached them in public and lured them into joining Andrade’s purported music training program by promoting it as an elite star-making opportunity. The victims says Trevi groomed them to become sex slaves to Andrade, and that much of their abuse happened in Los Angeles County.

By the time the Jane Does were recruited, Trevi and Andrade already had reached international fame with a series of hits showcasing Trevi’s edgy lyrics and rebellious persona, the lawsuit states. Trevi was dubbed Mexico’s version of Madonna while Andrade was credited as her behind-the-scenes production ace. It would be several years before the once-celebrated duo would seemingly disappear ahead of a flood of sex cult allegations from multiple former protégées. The claims would explode into an international scandal, with Andrade painted as a violent serial pedophile and Trevi his willing accomplice. The two would be arrested in Brazil in January 2000 after an international manhunt.

Trevi, now 54, spent four years in pre-trial detention but was ultimately acquitted when a judge said there was insufficient evidence to support the rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors charges filed against her by Mexican prosecutors. After spending four years awaiting trial, Andrade was convicted of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors, but ended up spending only one more year behind bars.

Trevi has maintained her innocence from the start. After her release from custody in 2004, she moved to the U.S., married a lawyer and settled in Texas. She has 5 million Instagram followers and continues to tour and appear on TV. She released her highly successful seventh studio album Una Rosa Blue in 2007 and her 2011 self-titled album Gloria, which topped Billboard‘s Latin Albums chart.

At the 2018 Latin American Music Awards, Trevi staunchly defended herself in an emotional speech. “I was not complicit. I was 15 years old, with a mindset of 12, when I met a big producer,” she said from the stage. “He immediately sought to become a mirage of love and pretended to be my only chance to reach my dreams,” she said of Andrade. “I was 15 years old when I began to live with manipulation, beatings, screaming, abuse, punishment. And it was 17 years of humiliations.”

Despite her public denials, her career comeback and her seemingly complete estrangement from Andrade after reportedly giving birth to his son while incarcerated in Brazil, Trevi is now back to being a co-defendant with the disgraced producer over claims dating back to the late 1980s.

“[Trevi and Andrade] used their role, status and power as a well-known and successful Mexican pop star and a famous producer to gain access to, groom, manipulate and exploit [the victims] and coerce sexual contact with them over a course of years,” the new civil action seeking real and punitive damages alleges.

The filing also mentions a third defendant who worked with Trevi and Andrade as a choreographer, dancer and assistant, but the individual isn’t named. (The legal team that filed the lawsuit did not respond to an email seeking comment for the story. Reps for Trevi had no immediate comment.)

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