They say Ortiz went on to play 19 more concerts for Perez.

Youre going to hear Gerardo Ortiz himself.

He said Gutierrez provided the FBI with incriminating voicemails and text messages implicating his superiors.

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Eventually, [Gutierrez] also became whats called a confidential human source for the FBI, said Schwab.

Goldberg said Gutierrez couldnt be trusted.

He convinced everyone to just leave it to me.

Ill reach out to the lawyers and Im going to double-check everything we do going forward is acceptable.

Instead, he convinced everyone to just, Leave it to me.

Ill ping the lawyers.

Im gonna check that everything we do going forward is acceptable.

… Brian Gutierrez took it upon himself.

She alleged Gutierrez booked the jet and traveled with Ortiz to his first Perez-promoted show after receiving the letter.

Ortiz parted ways with Del Records in 2019 amid a contract dispute.

This story was updated on March 20, 2025, to add a statement from Ortizs lawyer