By Mark Gray
1:03pm PST, Feb 7, 2024
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Selena Quintanilla's killer, Yolanda Saldívar, is coming clean, but the late singer's family plans to tune out.
Later this month, Oxygen will air the docuseries "Selena & Yolanda: The Secret Between Them," which promises to show "never-before-seen documents and recordings that ask if there is more to this tragedy." Yolanda is also set to share her side of the story on the show.
Keep reading to see what Selena's family is saying about the the program…
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Selena's dad, Abraham Quintanilla, told TMZ that his family was not involved in the docuseries at all. In fact, he wants "absolutely nothing to do with Yolanda" because "everything she says is nothing but lies."
"No one's gonna believe what she has to say anyway," he said. "Everyone knows there's zero truth to anything that comes out of her mouth."
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In a trailer for the Oxygen series, Yolanda Saldívar says, "After so many years, I think it's time to set the story straight."
"I knew her secrets. And I think the people deserved to know the truth," she added of the late Selena Quintanilla.
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Yolanda Saldívar fatally shot Selena Quintanilla in a hotel room in Corpus Christi, Texas, in March 1995.
The women knew each other very well: Yolanda was the Grammy winner's friend and agent, as well as the president of her fan club.
Prosecutors — and Selena's family — have said that Selena fired Yolanda after she allegedly embezzled $30,000 from fan club membership fees. After she was fired, Yolanda reportedly begged Selena for her job back, and the two women agreed to meet at a hotel room to hash out their differences. That's when Yolanda opened fire on Selena, though she's long maintained the shooting was accidental.
Moments before she took her last breath, Selena — who was known as the Queen of Tejano Music — was able to tell hotel staff what happened.
She was just 23 when she died.
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Yolanda Saldívar attempted to flee the scene but was stopped by an officer responding to the hotel. She surrendered following a standoff of more than nine hours and was later found guilty of first-degree murder. Yolanda was sentenced to life in prison in Texas, but she is eligible for parole next year.
