Attorney Steve Perera, on behalf of his client, Fernando Oliva, has retained the services of Trinidadian attorneys to enforce a Belize Supreme Court judgment against Soca mega star, Destra Garcia. The claim comes after Destra was taken to court for rupturing Oliva’s bladder during a concert in 2015.
On September 9th, 2015, Destra along with Ricardo Drue and Kes the Band performed at the Hour Bar field to a ram jam audience in a high energy up tempo Soca concert. During Destra’s performance she called up an audience member on stage for a treat to dance with her. During the act Oliva was asked to lie on his back on the stage while Destra straddled him. While Oliva expected a treat with the star whining over him, what she did, he could not have expected. Instead of seductively dancing over Oliva, she instead pulled a wrestling maneuver on him, suddenly leg dropping on his midsection.
A Youtube video shows the action as it played out and shows Oliva getting up and continuing to dance when Destra called to his attention saying, “dah so quick water has come out of you?” Attorney Steve Perera says that Destra’s actions caused Oliva to suffer a ruptured bladder having him have to seek medical attention.
According to Perera, Destra was negligent in her actions and caused his client to have to seek medical attention. She was sued in the Supreme Court in Belize where Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel ordered on Wednesday June 28 that Destra pay Oliva the sum of $16,577. The judgment was a default one as Destra did not put up a defence. Perera says that she was served in her home country and provides evidence from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago where documents were actually served on her on May 4, 2017.
