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Siblings Get Two-Year Manslaughter Sentences for Deadly Club Collapse

6/16/2026

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Judge Reymundo Mejía Zorrilla sentenced Antonio and Maribel Espaillat to a maximum two-year term for involuntary manslaughter.
The term is far below the up to twenty years sought by victims’ families.
The ruling follows the April 8 2025 Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo that killed 236.
Prosecutors say they have evidence linking the siblings to the disaster that claimed singer Rubby Pérez and former pitcher Octavio Dotel.

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Judge Reymundo Mejía Zorrilla sentenced Antonio and Maribel Espaillat to a maximum two-year term for involuntary manslaughter.
The term is far below the up to twenty years sought by victims’ families.
The ruling follows the April 8 2025 Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo that killed 236.
Prosecutors say they have evidence linking the siblings to the disaster that claimed singer Rubby Pérez and former pitcher Octavio Dotel.