Gloria Trevi sexual assault lawsuits: Search intensifies for music producer Sergio Andrade

The hunt for Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi's former manager, Sergio Andrade Sanchez, has stepped up after he “seemingly disappeared” in what authorities believe to be either Mexico or Spain. A Los Angeles County judge ruled Wednesday that the first two Jane Doe plaintiffs who sued Trevi and Andrade alleging childhood sexual abuse in California can invoke an international treaty to locate him.

Andrade – a once powerful producer he had previously been convicted of rape and kidnapping in Mexico – has kept a low profile since the Jane Does first filed their lawsuit in December 2022. The complaint, filed under the California Victims Act, alleges that Trevi, Andrade and the singer- actress Mary Boquitas lured Doe's plaintiffs to an internationally renowned music group when they were 13 and 15 years old and then sexually assaulted them in the early 90s during trips to California.

“It is clear that the parties are making significant efforts to locate and serve Mr. Andrade Sanchez, who may be in Mexico or may be in Spain. He mysteriously appeared at a medical facility in Madrid and then seemingly disappeared,” Judge Jared Moses said during a morning hearing in Pasadena, California, where he granted the plaintiffs' request for more time to complete serving their complaint. In his order, the judge instructed the court clerk to help the plaintiffs contact the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Hague Convention and request that Mexican authorities serve Andrade at his registered business. (The business, called Excis SA de CV, is listed online as Andrade's publishing entity. It was reactivated in 2018, according to court records, and has an address north of Mexico City in Mexico's Hidalgo state.)

“I hope we can find Mr. Andrade as soon as possible,” Boquitas, whose legal name is María Raquenel Portillo Jimenez, said during Wednesday's hearing. Boquitas is representing herself in the case and appeared via video. An attorney for Trevi had no objection to Jane Does serving Andrade overseas.

Trevi, 56, denies abusing the Jane Doe plaintiffs and filed a complaint in the case alleging Andrade also sexually abused her. He says the two Jane Does knew she was the same victim and therefore should be held liable for either aiding and abetting the alleged abuse or covering it up. Trevi alleges that she was repeatedly and brutally raped by Andrade and that the mental, sexual and physical abuse she suffered eventually led her to attempt suicide.

“There were many other women and girls whom Andrade controlled and abused over the years, but Ms. Trevi was his true star — and, therefore, the girl he most needed and wanted to dominate and control,” her lawsuit states. . “Instead of living the lifestyle of the rich and famous that one would expect of the 'Mexican Madonna,' Ms. Trevi, in private, was often dressed in old rags, sometimes forced to sleep naked for days on a cold floor of the bathroom”. The complaint alleges that Trevi was subjected to “sadistic punishments,” starved and “brutally beaten” to the point where she sometimes passed out.

Two days after Trevi filed her complaint, a new pair of Jane Doe plaintiffs sued her in Los Angeles with separate allegations that the pop star recruited them into Andrade's orbit and pressured them to submit to sex or face consequences. One of the women, identified as Jane Doe 3, claims Trevi told her that if she rejected Andrade's advances, her older sister, an aspiring performer, would be kicked out of the band and her career “ruined.”

In one excerpt, Jane Doe 3 claims that in 1995, when she was over 18 but still a virgin, Trevi led her to Andrade's bedroom, “pushed” her through the door and waited outside while she was raped. After the alleged assault, Trevi thanked her, she claims. “Once you saved your sister, you won't regret it. [Andrade] he is a wonderful man and he is the person I love the most,” Trevi is quoted as saying, according to the complaint.

The new pair of Jane Does also seek to serve Andrade internationally. The next hearing for their related case is set for July 19.

Trevi spent four years before the trial her arrest in Rio alongside Andrade in 2000. He was finally acquitted when a judge said there was insufficient evidence to support charges of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors brought against her by Mexican prosecutors.