Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny is gearing up to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show — one of the most watched musical stages in the world — but a $16 million lawsuit filed against him in Puerto Rico has landed squarely in the spotlight as the event approaches.
The lawsuit, brought by Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera, claims that a brief voice recording of her was used without her consent or compensation on two of Bad Bunny’s hit songs: “Solo de Mi” from his 2018 album X 100PRE and “EoO” from his 2025 album Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
Rivera asserts that she was asked by Bad Bunny’s longtime producer Roberto Rosado — known professionally as La Paciencia — to record a simple phrase back in 2018 while they were both students at the Interamerican University of Arecibo. The phrase, “Mira, puñeta, no me quiten el perreo” (“Damn, don’t take away my perreo”), became a recognizable audio tag associated with the songs and Bad Bunny’s brand.
In her 32-page complaint filed in the San Juan Court of First Instance, Rivera says she never agreed to the commercial use of her voice, nor signed a contract allowing it. She alleges that the audio clip’s widespread use — in recordings, social media, concerts, and merchandise — violated her privacy, publicity rights, and her moral rights of attribution under Puerto Rican law.
Rivera is seeking $16 million in damages and is also requesting that the use of her voice be halted entirely unless proper authorization and compensation are granted.
The timing of the lawsuit is notable. Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LX — on February 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California — is historic: he is the first Latino and Spanish-language artist to headline the show as a solo act.
While NFL officials and supporters have emphasized the cultural and unifying potential of his performance, the legal dispute adds another layer of controversy as the world’s eyes turn to the big game.
This lawsuit is not Bad Bunny’s first brush with legal claims over voice recordings. In 2023, his former girlfriend Carliz De La Cruz Hernández filed a separate $40 million lawsuit, alleging her voice memo was used without permission in multiple songs. That case has been moving through the courts.
As of now, neither Bad Bunny nor his label, Rimas Entertainment LLC, has publicly commented on Rivera’s lawsuit. Legal filings indicate they are expected in May 2026, likely after the halftime show performance.
