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Juan Rivera defended himself after being accused of closing Jenni Rivera’s boutique

Juan Rivera was upset when he was accused of closing Jenni Rivera Fashion, a store that is currently in the hands of his nephews (Photo: screenshot/YouTube)

After the controversy that created the closing of the store Jenni Rivera Fashion (JRF), John Rivera lashed out at those who blamed him for this and accused him of stealing from companies in the Band Diva. yespointed to his nephews as those responsible for these changes and commented that it has caused “Much sadness” what is happening with the business.

On August 12, the children of Jenni Rivera announced that they will close the boutique in which it sold products with the image of the singer, after seven years operating. This caused a lot of criticism from fans who questioned the reasons for this decision, but there were also supportive comments. However, there were also Internet users who accused Rosie and John Rivera to be the cause of thisfor they remembered that the children of the Band Diva they uncovered robberies within his aunt’s administration.

In this context, Juan denied having been part of this decision or having been accused of any theft by his nephews.

According to Juan, for more than two years Jacqie was the one who made decisions about Jenni Rivera Fashion, not since Rosie left her position as CEO of her sister's companies (Photo: Instagram/@jenniriverafashion)
According to Juan, for more than two years Jacqie was the one who made decisions about Jenni Rivera Fashion, not since Rosie left her position as CEO of her sister’s companies (Photo: Instagram/@jenniriverafashion)

“What bothered me, among so many things they say, (…) ‘You see, Juan, because of you they closed the boutique, you stole the employees.’ Yes, we steal our employeesapart from stealing the 10 million, we also stole our employees (…) Do you really believe that?”, Jenni’s brother questioned.

Juan assured that these accusations would not make sense because Jacqie he had held the reins of the boutique for many months before he and Rosie walked away from the singer’s ventures altogether. Therefore, he also pointed out that he had no interference some in the decision to close the store.

“I just want to make it clear that I think my niece Jacqie came handling everything from fashion from six months before we left. Even if you go to my channel Youtube, perhaps in May, not last year, but the year before, two years ago (…) they asked me if we could do a remodeling project for the boutique. That had already been handled by my niece (…) What’s more, I never got into fashion

Jacqie is currently the executor of Jenni's estate, as well as director of the companies that were founded after her death (Photo: Instagram/@jenniriverafashion)
Jacqie is currently the executor of Jenni’s estate, as well as director of the companies that were founded after her death (Photo: Instagram/@jenniriverafashion)

He also said that the closure of JRF it made him sad, for both he and his sister Rosie had gone out of their way to open it and offer The best experience to the fans of the Band Diva, as well as the fact that no one will be able to live it anymore. However, he mentioned he trusts that his nephews will keep their word to open a new location, with better services.

“It makes me sad because there were fans who felt great when they went, who felt beautiful emotions when they were next to my sister’s dresses, that I am sure my nephews will do something similar or better than what we did so that continue to develop my sister’s legacy,” he said.

However, the singer also mentioned that he does feel resentment towards his nephews, but not towards Jenni Rivera, so he would not act against his sister’s legacy.

“I am fighting with my nephews, I have a lot of resentment, to one or another a lot of couragebut that has nothing to do with Jenni.”

He added that, as he had been informed, his nephews would have fired the people who worked in the boutiquesomething that he and his sister would not have done, because “we know the importance of” the team and, even, he would have preferred them to stay in the company.

Jenni Rivera’s boutique will close on August 19 and a possible date for the opening of the new store has not been given.

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