{"id":72612,"date":"2026-09-11T21:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/selena-quintanilla-family-legal-dispute-intensifies\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:54:29","slug":"selena-quintanilla-family-legal-dispute-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/selena-quintanilla-family-legal-dispute-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Quintanilla Family Legal Dispute Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe public <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/selena-quintanilla-family-dispute-lawsuit-ab-suzette-1235620769\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/selena-quintanilla-family-dispute-lawsuit-ab-suzette-1235620769\/\">legal dispute<\/a> between members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/selena-quintanilla\/\" id=\"auto-tag_selena-quintanilla\" data-tag=\"selena-quintanilla\">Selena Quintanilla<\/a>\u2018s family has intensified. Abraham \u201cA.B.\u201d Quintanilla III has officially sued his sister, Suzette Quintanilla-Arriago, over profits related to their famed sister\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a lawsuit filed on Sept. 10, and obtained by <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, Quintanilla III seeks an unspecified amount in damages and monetary relief exceeding $1 million. The suit alleges that as the manager of Selena\u2019s estate, Quintanilla-Arriago has not provided A.B. \u201cwith a complete accounting of the assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, transactions, distributions, and net profits\u201d and \u201cfailed or refused to pay [him] the full amount of net profits and proceeds due to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tQuintanilla-Arriago took over managing the <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/selena-quintanilla-posthumous-album-como-te-quiero-yo-a-ti-remix-1390777\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/selena-quintanilla-posthumous-album-como-te-quiero-yo-a-ti-remix-1390777\/\">estate<\/a> after her father, Abraham Quintanilla, passed over duties to her in 2016. He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/selena-quintanilla-father-abraham-dead-1235483767\/\">died<\/a>\u00a0in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe lawsuit, which was filed in Nueces County, Texas, comes after A.B. first addressed the legal dispute with his family in social media <a href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?format=go&amp;jsonp=vglnk_178915420593512&amp;key=661ff029de477c881cd20c0f488dfee2&amp;libId=mtxc2w6e0103xil2000ULb3ojfcva&amp;loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-latin%2Fselena-quintanilla-family-dispute-lawsuit-ab-suzette-1235620769%2F&amp;ccpaConsent=1---&amp;v=1&amp;opt=true&amp;out=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.skimresources.com%2F%3Fid%3D87443X1590823%26isjs%3D1%26jv%3D15.7.1%26sref%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.rollingstone.com%252Fmusic%252Fmusic-latin%252Fselena-quintanilla-family-dispute-lawsuit-ab-suzette-1235620769%252F%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.instagram.com%252Fp%252FDcvDsNfkYKe%252F%253Fimg_index%253D2%26xs%3D1%26xtz%3D240%26xuuid%3D1fd3f4971a4f336e2f9124c9280c9900%26xjsf%3Dother_click__contextmenu%2520%255B2%255D&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&amp;title=Selena%20Quintanilla%27s%20Family%20Dispute%2C%20Explained&amp;txt=wrote\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"redirect.viglink.com\/?format=go&amp;jsonp=vglnk_178915420593512&amp;key=661ff029de477c881cd20c0f488dfee2&amp;libId=mtxc2w6e0103xil2000ULb3ojfcva&amp;loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-latin%2Fselena-quintanilla-family-dispute-lawsuit-ab-suzette-1235620769%2F&amp;ccpaConsent=1---&amp;v=1&amp;opt=true&amp;out=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.skimresources.com%2F%3Fid%3D87443X1590823%26isjs%3D1%26jv%3D15.7.1%26sref%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.rollingstone.com%252Fmusic%252Fmusic-latin%252Fselena-quintanilla-family-dispute-lawsuit-ab-suzette-1235620769%252F%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.instagram.com%252Fp%252FDcvDsNfkYKe%252F%253Fimg_index%253D2%26xs%3D1%26xtz%3D240%26xuuid%3D1fd3f4971a4f336e2f9124c9280c9900%26xjsf%3Dother_click__contextmenu%2520%255B2%255D&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&amp;title=Selena%20Quintanilla%27s%20Family%20Dispute%2C%20Explained&amp;txt=wrote\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">posts<\/a>, alleging that, \u201cSuzette and her lawyers\u201d were \u201cnotified of a lawsuit related to her fiduciary duties.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFrom there, the issue developed into a back and forth with Quintanilla-Arriago and Selena\u2019s mother, Marcella, after the pair issued their own statement denying the existence of a lawsuit. \u201cSuzette has never been served with any lawsuit. She has received no court-filed complaint, summons, petition, or other legal pleading concerning the allegations A.B. is describing,\u201d their <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dcym_vmlrTp\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn Sept. 5, A.B.\u2019s lawyer shared a statement via a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc4pYfdRgrJ\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0on his client\u2019s Instagram page confirming that a lawsuit against Quintanilla-Arriago was going to be filed, seeking to \u201cuncover quite a bit of fiduciary breaches of fiduciary duty by Suzette, where she has either failed to properly account or failed to properly distribute assets of the estate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/selena-quintanilla-family-lawsuit-1235625412\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public legal dispute between members of Selena Quintanilla\u2018s family has intensified. 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