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Ricky Martin to appear in Puerto Rican court over restraining order
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Court date: Puerto Rican singer-actor Ricky Martin arrives to attend the annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Cannes Gala on May 26 at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, southern France, on the sidelines of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. (AFP/Stefano Rellandini)
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inger and actor Ricky Martin is scheduled to appear on Thursday in a Puerto Rico court, where a judge will decide whether to extend a restraining order taken out by a man who said Martin harassed him, an allegation the pop icon denies.
Judge Raiza Cajigas issued the order on July 2 after the man filed a domestic violence complaint. In it, he said he feared for his safety because Martin refused to accept his decision to end a seven-month romantic relationship.
The man, whose name has not been released in accordance with domestic violence regulations, said Martin had continued calling him and loitered outside his residence.
The restraining order is set to expire on July 21.
"We're attending to this issue with diligence, and we will be prepared in court on Thursday," Joaquin Monserrate, one of Martin's lawyers, said in a telephone interview.
Monserrate noted that the complaint was a civil one and that no criminal charges had been filed against Martin.
Martin, who rose to fame in the 1990s on hits like "Livin' La Vida Loca", tweeted on July 3 that the order had been obtained under "completely false allegations”, adding that he could not comment further because it was an ongoing legal matter.
