DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Espaillat family, owners of the popular Jet Set nightclub, is facing a new legal challenge following the deadly roof collapse on 8 April 2025, which tragically claimed over 260 lives during a merengue concert.

The family of one of the victims, Ramón Osiris Blanc Castillo, has filed a private criminal complaint and joined the Public Ministry’s case, formally accusing the establishment’s managers of involuntary manslaughter, and this time including the mother of the two first charged with responsibility in the case, Noticias SIN reports.

The civil suit seeks over RD$50 million (approximately US$850,000) in compensation, arguing that the defendants, identified as executives of the operating company, Inversiones E y L, S.R.L., grossly violated their duty of safety.

Filed before the First Investigating Court of the National District, the complaint targets Antonio Espaillat López, Ana Grecia López, and Maribel Espaillat López, along with Inversiones E y L, S.R.L. as a...