MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish court has ordered hotel chain Melia to pay $908,950 in damages to Latin music star Daddy Yankee and his wife for having jewelry stolen from their hotel room in 2020, the court said. documents revealed Friday.
He, his wife, and his entourage stayed at the Hotel Melia in the Mediterranean city of Valencia in August 2020 to perform at a music festival in nearby Gandia.
On August 6, an unknown person stole jewelry worth more than $1 million, including two watches, three chains, and four bracelets, from a hotel room safe, according to a statement dated January 9.
The court said the method of the theft cannot be overlooked when analyzing Melia’s liability.
Without Melia’s “valuable but neglected cooperation, he would not have been able to commit the theft,” because “Melia’s staff provides a copy of the room key and requests reliable identification. “This is the person making these demands.”
Melia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Daddy Yankee, born Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez, is best known for his 2004 single “Gasolina,” the first reggaeton song nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
Daddy Yankee is best known for coining the term reggaeton to describe a new dance music genre in the early 1990s that combined hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music, and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. ing.
“Despacito,” a 2017 Yankees collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, won multiple Latin Grammy Awards and Billboard Awards that year.
(Reporting by Emma Pinedo; Editing by Sharon Singleton)