2 months ago
The public legal dispute between members of Selena Quintanilla's family has intensified. Abraham "A.B." Quintanilla III has officially sued his sister, Suzette Quintanilla-Arriago, over profits related to their famed sister's estate.
In a lawsuit filed on Sept. 10, and obtained by Rolling Stone, Quintanilla III seeks an unspecified amount in damages and monetary relief exceeding $1 million. The suit alleges that as the manager of Selena's estate, Quintanilla-Arriago has not provided A.B. "with a complete accounting of the ******* ets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, transactions, distributions, and net profits" and "failed or refused to pay [him] the full amount of net profits and proceeds due to him."
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In a lawsuit filed on Sept. 10, and obtained by Rolling Stone, Quintanilla III seeks an unspecified amount in damages and monetary relief exceeding $1 million. The suit alleges that as the manager of Selena's estate, Quintanilla-Arriago has not provided A.B. "with a complete accounting of the ******* ets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, transactions, distributions, and net profits" and "failed or refused to pay [him] the full amount of net profits and proceeds due to him."
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2 months ago
A.B. Quintanilla, the brother of the late "Queen of Tejano Music" Selena, is responding to the statement released by his mother Marcella Quintanilla and sister Suzette Quintanilla-Arriaga — a statement that said he was making "false accusations" about his family members and damaging their reputations.
"I don't lie," A.B. wrote in his latest statement shared on Wednesday (Sept. 2). "Suzette and her lawyers were notified with the corresponding documents via certified mail and electronic mail. She was notified of a lawsuit related to her fiduciary duties, that is, her legal obligations to act with loyalty, transparency and in the best interests of those she was responsible to."
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He continued, "She responded, but did not provide what was being requested: contracts, documentation and financial information. Those fundamental requirements were left unanswered. What she did under the excuse of using my mom for convenience. She had no idea what was really happening around her and never had any participation in anything."
A.B. says that his lawyer will speak out on Friday (Sept. 4) where "many things will be made clear."
#notified
"I don't lie," A.B. wrote in his latest statement shared on Wednesday (Sept. 2). "Suzette and her lawyers were notified with the corresponding documents via certified mail and electronic mail. She was notified of a lawsuit related to her fiduciary duties, that is, her legal obligations to act with loyalty, transparency and in the best interests of those she was responsible to."
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He continued, "She responded, but did not provide what was being requested: contracts, documentation and financial information. Those fundamental requirements were left unanswered. What she did under the excuse of using my mom for convenience. She had no idea what was really happening around her and never had any participation in anything."
A.B. says that his lawyer will speak out on Friday (Sept. 4) where "many things will be made clear."
#notified
2 months ago
A new public dispute has emerged within Selena Quintanilla's family. Her siblings now appear to disagree over claims involving possible legal action. A.B. Quintanilla III shared a cryptic message that raised questions among fans. Suzette Quintanilla and their mother, Marcella, rebutted his allegations right away.
A.B. took to Instagram Tuesday and told fans about an alleged lawsuit. He said the matter involved Suzette and "facts and circumstances" connected to their late father, Abraham Quintanilla. A.B. claimed the legal process began months ago, though its roots went back years. "There is years of history. There are facts. There is evidence. There are circumstances," he wrote.
A.B. also said much about the situation remains unknown. He told followers he would speak when the time felt right and would share his side with evidence. However, he did not reveal specific details about the alleged lawsuit.
Suzette and Marcella responded with a joint statement Wednesday. They said Suzette had not been served with a lawsuit or legal papers. They also called A.B.'s "insinuations" completely false, according to TMZ. Marcella said she spoke out because Abraham can no longer defend himself.
The pair denied allegations that Suzette stole anything or planned to sell Selena's personal belongings. They also said they knew of no wrongdoing by Abraham that could support A.B.'s alleged claims. However, they made clear that the family conflict would not change their affection for him.
#marcella #abraham #Legal #however
A.B. took to Instagram Tuesday and told fans about an alleged lawsuit. He said the matter involved Suzette and "facts and circumstances" connected to their late father, Abraham Quintanilla. A.B. claimed the legal process began months ago, though its roots went back years. "There is years of history. There are facts. There is evidence. There are circumstances," he wrote.
A.B. also said much about the situation remains unknown. He told followers he would speak when the time felt right and would share his side with evidence. However, he did not reveal specific details about the alleged lawsuit.
Suzette and Marcella responded with a joint statement Wednesday. They said Suzette had not been served with a lawsuit or legal papers. They also called A.B.'s "insinuations" completely false, according to TMZ. Marcella said she spoke out because Abraham can no longer defend himself.
The pair denied allegations that Suzette stole anything or planned to sell Selena's personal belongings. They also said they knew of no wrongdoing by Abraham that could support A.B.'s alleged claims. However, they made clear that the family conflict would not change their affection for him.
#marcella #abraham #Legal #however
2 months ago
The Quintanilla family dispute is becoming increasingly public. One day after A.B. Quintanilla III confirmed that a legal matter involves his sister Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga and circumstances connected to their late father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Selena Quintanilla's mother, Marcella Quintanilla, and sister Suzette issued a forceful joint statement challenging his account.
The statement, shared on the verified Selena Instagram account on September 2, directly disputes several ***** ertions made by A.B. and raises a central question: Where is the lawsuit he says exists?
A.B. Quintanilla III, Selena's older brother and longtime music producer (@ GC Images)
"We have seen A.B.'s recent public statement," Marcella and Suzette begin. "Because it contains serious and false insinuations concerning Suzette, Abraham, and our family, we feel it is necessary to correct the record."
A.B., Selena's older brother and a key songwriter and producer behind her music, publicly addressed the dispute on September 1 after reports about a possible lawsuit began circulating. "Yes, there is a lawsuit related to Suzette Arriaga, as well as facts and circumstances related to my father, Abraham Quintanilla," A.B. wrote in his statement.
#quintanilla #abraham #selena #marcella
The statement, shared on the verified Selena Instagram account on September 2, directly disputes several ***** ertions made by A.B. and raises a central question: Where is the lawsuit he says exists?
A.B. Quintanilla III, Selena's older brother and longtime music producer (@ GC Images)
"We have seen A.B.'s recent public statement," Marcella and Suzette begin. "Because it contains serious and false insinuations concerning Suzette, Abraham, and our family, we feel it is necessary to correct the record."
A.B., Selena's older brother and a key songwriter and producer behind her music, publicly addressed the dispute on September 1 after reports about a possible lawsuit began circulating. "Yes, there is a lawsuit related to Suzette Arriaga, as well as facts and circumstances related to my father, Abraham Quintanilla," A.B. wrote in his statement.
#quintanilla #abraham #selena #marcella
3 months ago
Arrakis, a seven-month old London- and Paris-based startup building what it calls an AI "operating system" for industrial companies, is emerging from stealth with $38 million in venture capital funding. It says its goal is to bring agentic AI to sectors such aerospace, energy, logistics, and manufacturing.
The company's latest funding is a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital, with participation from venture capital firms Accel, GFC, MainObject, and Rerail. Accel led an earlier $7.5 million seed round, and individual backers include Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel and OpenAI's head of business products, Olivier Godement.
The latest round values the company at $140 million post-money, cofounder and CEO Rafael Quintanilla told Fortune.
Quintanilla is a former vice president at Accel. While there, he spent the better part of a year crisscrossing the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East to develop the firm's thesis on defense and industrial resilience. What he found convinced him to quit and become a founder himself.
"I realized that there was a huge gap between what I was seeing at Accel and in the Valley, with us investing in companies like Anthropic and Lovable in Europe," he said, "and what I was seeing in the more industrial parts of the economy."
He said that most AI has targeted so-called knowledge workers who complete their jobs using software, but that many more jobs in the economy involve the production and movement of physical goods. "Most AI investment to date has targeted the 30% of workers behind a desk. The real ROI lies in the 70% running industrial operations," he said.
Sonali de Rycker, the Accel partner who backed Arrakis's seed round, said she is betting on the founder as much as the market. "Rafa has a rare combination of curiosity, hustle and tireless drive," she told Fortune. "After working closely with Rafa during his time at Accel, it's an honour to be working with him again as an entrepreneur."
But Arrakis is hardly alone in going after manufacturing and industrial firms. Consulting giants such as Accenture and Boston Consulting Group are racing into industrial AI, as is Palantir, and Jeff Bezos-backed Prometheus—now valued in the tens of billions of dollars—is pouring capital into automating the engineering of physical products. The frontier labs are circling too.
Quintanilla argues Arrakis is carving out a distinct niche from each of these competitors. If Prometheus worked with Airbus, he said, it would build AI for "the core engineering of building an aircraft." He said Arrakis, by contrast, "want[s] to take care of everything around it… We want to be the AI layer for key operations of those companies."
#arrakis
The company's latest funding is a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital, with participation from venture capital firms Accel, GFC, MainObject, and Rerail. Accel led an earlier $7.5 million seed round, and individual backers include Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel and OpenAI's head of business products, Olivier Godement.
The latest round values the company at $140 million post-money, cofounder and CEO Rafael Quintanilla told Fortune.
Quintanilla is a former vice president at Accel. While there, he spent the better part of a year crisscrossing the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East to develop the firm's thesis on defense and industrial resilience. What he found convinced him to quit and become a founder himself.
"I realized that there was a huge gap between what I was seeing at Accel and in the Valley, with us investing in companies like Anthropic and Lovable in Europe," he said, "and what I was seeing in the more industrial parts of the economy."
He said that most AI has targeted so-called knowledge workers who complete their jobs using software, but that many more jobs in the economy involve the production and movement of physical goods. "Most AI investment to date has targeted the 30% of workers behind a desk. The real ROI lies in the 70% running industrial operations," he said.
Sonali de Rycker, the Accel partner who backed Arrakis's seed round, said she is betting on the founder as much as the market. "Rafa has a rare combination of curiosity, hustle and tireless drive," she told Fortune. "After working closely with Rafa during his time at Accel, it's an honour to be working with him again as an entrepreneur."
But Arrakis is hardly alone in going after manufacturing and industrial firms. Consulting giants such as Accenture and Boston Consulting Group are racing into industrial AI, as is Palantir, and Jeff Bezos-backed Prometheus—now valued in the tens of billions of dollars—is pouring capital into automating the engineering of physical products. The frontier labs are circling too.
Quintanilla argues Arrakis is carving out a distinct niche from each of these competitors. If Prometheus worked with Airbus, he said, it would build AI for "the core engineering of building an aircraft." He said Arrakis, by contrast, "want[s] to take care of everything around it… We want to be the AI layer for key operations of those companies."
#arrakis
