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Angelo Garcia
Angelo Garcia was just shy of 11 years old when he auditioned for a spot in Menudo after seeing a television commercial in Puerto Rico during a family vacation. Traveling the globe and performing alongside fellow band member, Ricky Martin, some may simply say “the rest is history”, however the rule that should be applied in this situation is you never know what goes on behind closed doors. Angelo’s story is one filled with sexual abuse, bullying and disappointment. “I was sexually molested from the age of 8 to 14” he revealed on Dr. Zoe Today. First by a neighbor at the age of 8, then by someone “close to Menudo administration”, then again after Menudo by one of his teachers. While in Menudo, the un-named man would come into the 11-14 year old Angelo’s hotel room to play cards with him, they would take shots of whiskey and Angelo would wake up the next morning naked, “I didn’t have my mom and dad around to coach me”. Angelo confirmed on the Dr. Zoe Today show that this sexual abuse was happening the entire time he was in the boy band Menudo. When Dr. Zoe asked if he knew if this was happening with any of the other band members, Angelo stated,“I can only speak about myself but my common sense would tell me that if it was happening to me, probably. But being a psychology major, predators are going to stalk any child they feel is vulnerable.” After his fame with the band, he could never live a normal childhood. He recalls on the show the devastating bullying that took place not only as a child but that has continued and remained a constant even now in his adulthood, hence Angelo’s new project about bullying and single soon to be released,, “Be Free”.
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