Overview

• The April 8 roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub left 236 dead and more than 180 injured, including singer Rubby Pérez and former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel.
• Investigators concluded the Espaillats removed a key support column, overloaded the roof and carried out unpermitted structural alterations when converting the former movie theater.
• Prosecutors arrested the siblings on June 12 that charge them with manslaughter and negligent homicide after citing “immense irresponsibility and negligence.”
• Officials say Maribel Espaillat refused to suspend the club’s 50th anniversary celebration despite a falling debris incident hours before the collapse.
• The tragedy has prompted renewed calls for stricter building safety enforcement and regulatory reforms across the Dominican Republic.