JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: In Brazil, a popular Mexican pop singer has been arrested along with two of her associates. Maria Trevi and the others face sex-crime charges in Mexico. CNN's Tim Lister reports.</s>TIM LISTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): She seemed to defy gravity, the pop star rebel with chart-topping songs and the looks that launched a thousand calendars. Maria Trevi exploited shock value, outraging conservative Mexico with her torn stockings and miniskirts. On stage, in print, on film, she was idolized by thousands of Mexican teens for her up-front sexuality. But sex has been her downfall. Thursday, she and her manager, Sergio Andrade, were detained in Rio De Janeiro after several months on the run from the Mexican authorities. They're wanted on charges of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors. Mexican prosecutors say Trevi exploited teenage girls entrusted to her care by parents hopeful that their daughters might also find stardom. She's alleged to have pressured them into having sex with Andrade. Trevi and her manager underwent several hours of questioning at police headquarters in Rio. Brazilian police say they'll be held up to 90 days, awaiting formal extradition. At the heart of the case against them, this girl: Karina Yapor. Her parents allege she was kidnapped by Trevi and Andrade after going to Mexico city at the age of 12. Three years later, she gave birth to and then abandoned this baby. But last month, Karina insisted she'd never been abused.</s>KARINA YAPOR, FORMER ASSOCIATE: The only thing that I can tell you is that none of what has been said is true. I was never kidnapped, never. Sergio Andrade is not the father of my child. I have not been raped. and I have not suffered any physical abuse.</s>LISTER: Gloria Trevi won fame by urging Mexico's younger generation to "Let Their Hair Down." Now she's silent and withdrawn, her career in tatters. Tim Lister, CNN.
Mexican Pop Singer Maria Trevi Arrested in Brazil