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Before pop music groups like Backstreet Boys and One Direction took the world by storm, there was the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo in the late '70s until the early '90s, which initiated the singing career of Ricky Martin.

Former Menudo singer Angelo Garcia - who joined the group when he was just 11 - claimed he was "raped a series of times" during his stint with the boy

Menudo was a boy band of epic proportions back in the 1970s and 80s. An HBO doc explores its history and details new allegations. Here's everything to know.

The singer, who was just 11 when he joined the Latin group in 1988, makes the shocking confession about his multiple sexual assaults in upcoming HBO Max docuseries Menudo: Forever Young.

The 50-year-old was spotted wearing a tuxedo and suspenders as he strolled across the shows set the same day that the bombshell allegations about Menudo were revealed.

Former Menudo singer Angelo Garcia - who joined the group when he was just 11 - claimed he was "raped a series of times" during his stint with the boy

THE former members of sensational boyband Menudo have shared chilling details of abuse after bandmate Angelo Garcia claimed he was "raped" in a hotel

Menudo was formed in Miami, Florida, by Edgardo Diaz. While performing in the successful band, many of its members have now revealed in a new HBO doc that they were secretly living a nightmare.