Los Retros frontman Mauri Tapia charged with unlawful acts on a child - BERITAJA
Maurisio “Mauri” Tapia, the frontman of the celebrated SoCal indie stone enactment Los Retros, has been charged pinch 4 felony counts of unlawful acts pinch a kid nether the property of 10.
Tapia, a 26-year-old Moorpark resident was arrested connected Oct. 8 and booked pinch bail group astatine $3 million. He was charged successful Ventura County Superior Court connected Monday, according to tribunal records, and did not participate a plea.
The charges travel pinch further typical allegations, about the victim’s vulnerability and that Tapia abused a trustworthy position. His adjacent tribunal day is Thursday.
Los Retros became an influential enactment successful a activity of Latino bands drafting from vintage Mexican balladeers, American oldies and modern indie rock. Tapia played the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this year, and singles for illustration “Someone to Spend Time With” and “Amtrak” person millions of streams and monthly listeners.
The task was a salient enactment connected Stones Throw Records, which had initially booked Los Retros to co-headline its 30th day festival.
In a connection posted to societal media, Stones Throw said that “Yesterday we learned of highly superior and disturbing allegations against Mauri Tapia, professionally known arsenic Los Retros. We had antecedently announced the cancellation of his scheduled capacity astatine Stones Throw 30 earlier we were alert of these circumstances. In ray of this information, we are taking steps to disassociate ourselves from Tapia and his work. We return these allegations highly earnestly and will proceed to measure the business arsenic much accusation becomes available.”
