Overview

• An initial hearing before a Federal Control Judge at Reclusorio Oriente is scheduled to determine whether Christian Nodal will be linked to criminal proceedings.
• Universal Music’s lawyer says the judge could order measures such as passport retention, a ban on leaving the country, arraigo or preventive detention if the case advances.
• FGR grafoscopía experts reported signature inconsistencies on contracts, and the named notary, Luis Fernando Ruibal Coker, stated he did not certify them.
• The dispute encompasses 34 contracts tied to songs and videos from Nodal’s first three albums, with his parents implicated because the agreements were signed when he was a minor.
• Universal states it continues depositing royalties that Nodal has not collected and alleges cash-only operations without invoices that could draw fiscal scrutiny; Nodal’s bid for amparo access to the case file was denied provisionally.