StarstruckStarstruck

"The too-wild-to-believe story about Mexico's queen of pop, her sinister impresario, and the dark secrets behind the talent school he created for young girls. In the '90s, Mexican songwriter and manager Sergio Andrade plucked a young girl out of obscurity and molded her into a pop star on par with Madonna. With hit after hit, Gloria Trevi became a massive sensation, but the pair tamped down rumors that something more nefarious was going on between them. When Andrade later founded a performing arts school that promised to give other young girls the same chance at fame as Trevi, how could they or their parents say no? Eventually, grave allegations of sexual and mental abuse caught up to Trevi and Andrade, and the pair went on the run-resulting in a two-year, international manhunt for them and the dozen young girls in their entourage. In this hair-raising, masterful investigation into a harrowing underage sex cult, bestselling author and journalist Christopher McDougall uncovers the dark secrets of the "supreme diva of Mexican pop," her sinister manager, and the young girls unfortunate enough to be in their orbit. Starstruck is an eye-opening story about fame, power, and the fight for justice"-- Provided by publisher.