Mexico City.– The singer Gloria Trevi shared this Thursday night the news of the start of the civil trial for defamation against TV Azteca and Paty Chapoy, scheduled for October 6, 2025.
Through a press release, the singer noted that Trevi’s lawsuit focuses on “a series of accusations of defamation, slander and slander, as well as interference with commercial contracts.”
The interpreter has been litigating for just over 15 years in the United States against the television station, whose alleged defamations “have affected her professional career and professional life.” “It is essential to always defend freedom of expression, what is not correct is to use the power of a media to carry out defamation campaigns or distort information to manipulate people,” the singer wrote in the statement, this Thursday.
On Gloria Trevi’s part, the case will be handled by her lawyers Ray Thomas, from the Ray Thomas Law Group firm, and Camille Vásquez, who helped Johhny Depp in his defamation trial against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard.
“(The lawyers) are ready to carry out the proceedings in the trial, scheduled for October 2025, the date on which the witnesses and evidence will be presented to the jury,” the letter said. Likewise, it was said that the duration of the trial will be approximately a couple of weeks, although the preparatory acts of the case, presented before the District Court of Hidalgo, Texas, have already begun. According to the lawsuit, through several TV Azteca television programs, which were broadcast on the United States border, “a narrative about Gloria Trevi was perpetuated, affecting her reputation, her family and causing significant economic damage.” “This legal achievement may generate new attacks but this is a battle for me, for my family and for all those people who have been victims of defamation campaigns and media manipulation,” said the singer-songwriter of hits like “Pelo Suelto” and “El Accounting of Damage”. The statement, spread on Facebook, However, “TV Azteca’s actions have continued, hurting and re-victimizing the performer,” the singer’s team indicated. “This case, the first in the American Union in which a foreign television station is brought to trial, also involves the damages caused to Gloria Trevi’s son, then a minor,” the letter concluded.
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