Overview
- Nodal and his parents were summoned to an initial hearing at 2:35 p.m. on Nov. 18 before Judge Diana Selene Medina Hernández at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Mexico City.
- Universal Music alleges the family submitted 32 contracts with falsified signatures and certifications to claim ownership of recordings and compositions in a dispute dating back to 2021.
- If the judge links them to trial, precautionary measures could include pretrial detention or seizure of Nodal’s passport, which would prevent him from leaving Mexico.
- Reporters note that Nodal has 12 U.S. concert dates between Nov. 21 and Dec. 14 that could be canceled if travel is restricted, and Universal warns he could lose rights to perform songs from three albums if falsification is proven.
- Public scrutiny has intensified after viral Latin Grammy moments and a joking remark about his church wedding, while separate commentary has circulated unconfirmed claims about a strategy to shift blame to his father.