Chris Perez, husband of the late Tehanostar Serena Quintanilla, says he and her family resolved their differences after a long legal battle.
The Perez and Quintanilla families were involved in a legal debate over Perez’s plans to create a miniseries based on the 2012 memoir “To Serena, with Love.”
In 2017, Serena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, opposed the show and called the memoirs an unauthorized book.
Quintanilla has sued Perez and two companies who are planning to serialize the book. The proceedings then stated that after Serena was killed in 1995, Perez signed a contract giving her property all rights to Serena’s portrait and name.
Four years ago, a Texas judge decided that the proceedings could proceed. Perez’s lawyer wanted to dismiss the proceedings because of freedom of speech.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Perez wrote in a tweet that the legal dispute with the Quintanillas was “friendly and resolved.”
“Now that these issues are behind us, my hope, and the hope of the Quintanilla family, is that we work together to respect and celebrate Serena’s heritage,” he said.
It’s unclear what the parties agreed, but Abraham shared a statement of similar words on his Facebook page.
Perez and Serena met when they joined her band Los Dinos in 1990.
Her father objected to the relationship, but Serena and Perez secretly married in 1992, when she was 20 years old.
Serena was shot dead by the president of a fan club in 1995. Yolanda Saldíbar, A person who is sentenced to life imprisonment. She is eligible for parole in 2025.
Last year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the singer known as the Queen of Tejano. In an interview, Perez called knowing Serena’s death one of the hardest moments in his life.
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