Appeals court sides with Selena's dad Abraham Quintanilla Jr. in suit against Chris Perez
A Texas appellate court has sided with the father of late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez in his lawsuit aimed at blocking a television series planned by her widower based on "To Selena With Love."
For two years, Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and her widower Chris Perez had been locked in a legal battle over whether Perez's 2012 memoir called "To Selena With Love" could be made into a TV show.
Quintanilla filed the lawsuit against his former son-in-law, Endemol Latino and Blue Mariachi in December 2016. When the case was in a trial court in February 2017, lawyers for Perez maintained the lawsuit went against his right to free speech and tried to have the case dismissed.
But 148th District Judge Guy Williams ruled in favor of Quintanilla, a decision that Perez appealed to the 13th Court of Appeals. That court affirmed the trial court's decision late last month, court records show.
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