A COLOMBIAN singer has been launched into a revenge porn row, after a lawsuit was filed against him.
Brandon de Jesús López, otherwise known as Beéle, has hit headlines after ex-girlfriend Isabella Ladera accused him leaking their sex tape, but who is Beéle and what are the allegations.
The couple have been together since 2023[/caption]
Who is Beéle?
Since starting his career at the age of 16, singer and songwriter Beéle’s debut single was Loco.
Over his six-year career in the industry, he amassed a back catalogue of over 50 singles, but it was only last year that he released his debut album.
On what has influenced his music and his career, Beéle said: “I grew up in a family where salsa, champeta, and African music from the 80s and 90s were heavily influenced.
“I grew up surrounded by that culture and by a working-class neighborhood in Barranquilla, where I found my place over time.
“I understood that everything that made me proud of where I come from and the freedom to express myself perfectly reflects my personality and who I truly am.”
Major artists such as Mambo Kingz have supported Beéle have backed him throughout his career, and yet in recent weeks he has had his name brought under scrutiny following allegations from his ex-girlfriend.
Who is Isabella Ladera?
Ladera filed the lawsuit after becoming suspicious about the leak[/caption]
Ex-girlfriend, Isabella Ladera, 26, was the one who made the allegations, after she slapped 23-year-old singer Beéle with a revenge porn lawsuit in Miami-Dade County on Monday.
She’s known for creating dance and lifestyle content on TikTok with more than 5.4 million followers, and also posts on Instagram.
The Venezuelan creator became a mom in 2020, welcoming her daughter, Mía Antonella, with her then-partner Isander Pérez.
The couple started their relationship with Beéle in 2023, but it begun to unravel after 2024, with Beéle’s ex-wife even posting screenshots of his alleged texts to Ladera.
But now, Isabella has become front and centre in the headlines after filing the lawsuit.
What are the sex tape allegations?
The couple split in March[/caption]
Isabella accused him of leaking a graphic video of the former couple that went vital online.
Calling the September 7 leak “shocking”, her suit read: “The video went viral, and for Ladera the earth stood still.”
According to the lawsuit, the couple would record sex tapes “at Beéle’s request,” the New York Post reports.
Ladera claims she asked him to delete the clips in May 2024 – after deleting hers – but he allegedly refused, questioning her trust.
Since she deleted hers, she claims, the singer must have been the source.
Ladera says she was warned that screenshots of their tape were circulating two months after their break-up, before the full video erupted online.
Ladera wrote on Instagram: “I am profoundly devastated.
“An intimate and private moment was leaked without my consent, in an act that represents one of the cruellest betrayals I have ever experienced.
“That video was only in the hands of two people: the other person and me.”
Beéle has flatly denied leaking the tape, with his team suggesting he is already too famous to need the attention a sex-tape scandal brings.
In a statement posted to social media and later deleted, his lawyers said: “His artistic career and international prestige preclude any need or interest in such events.”
They added: “We categorically reject the circulation on social media and digital platforms of an intimate video that violates the privacy and dignity of the individuals involved.”
Beéle has not publicly commented since the lawsuit, the New York Post reports.
