Overview
- Brunella Torpoco sent a carta notarial to Laura Mau giving her 48 hours to retract statements that allegedly accused Torpoco of paying for her Premios Heat trophy, according to multiple reports on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- Torpoсo says Mau’s remarks suggested the Best Salsa Artist prize was bought and that those claims are false, lack technical basis, and have damaged her honor, reputation and professional trajectory.
- Torpoсo demanded the retraction be published in the same outlets that carried Mau’s comments and criticized local Callao media for republishing the accusations and giving them wider visibility.
- The notarized letter warns that Torpoсo will file a querella for aggravated criminal defamation if Mau does not retract the statements; there has been no public retraction or court filing reported so far.
- The dispute follows Torpoco’s recent Premios Heat win and comes days before her November 27 anniversary concert at the Círculo Militar de Jesús María; the carta notarial is a common Peruvian legal step that often precedes litigation and could shape how media and artists handle public accusations going forward.