Texas Music News — September 2, 2026
A.B. Quintanilla has confirmed a lawsuit against his sister Suzette, tangled up in Selena’s legacy. The bassist, songwriter and producer behind Selena y Los Dinos broke his silence on Instagram this week. Journalist Javier Ceriani had reported a $48 million legal battle between the siblings. A.B. never confirmed that number, but he confirmed the lawsuit is real.
Think of a family band that never broke up, just moved the fight from the stage to a courtroom. A.B. played bass on Selena’s biggest hits. He helped write or produce “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” and the title track off Amor Prohibido. Suzette played drums, then spent three decades running the business through Q Productions. Now the siblings sit on opposite sides of a lawsuit neither will fully explain.
Thirty Years Later, the Quintanillas Are Still Fighting for Selena
Ceriani’s reporting claims Suzette is exploring a sale of half of Selena’s estate for roughly $30 million. He values the whole estate near $500 million. Tejano Nation could not independently verify those figures, and neither did A.B. His statement still carried weight. “There comes a time when remaining silent is no longer an option,” he wrote.
The timing matters. Abraham Quintanilla Jr., the family patriarch who managed Selena y Los Dinos, died in December 2025. Suzette has stayed close to the Selena Museum in Corpus Christi, and she has defended Selena’s name in court before. Q Productions sued SHEIN this year over unauthorized merchandise. A.B., meanwhile, built his own career afterward through Kumbia Kings and Kumbia All Starz.
For now, A.B. says he’s staying quiet while the case moves forward. But he left fans with a promise instead of an ending: “When the time is right, I will tell it.”
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