DJ and music producer Erick Morillo, creator of the hit I like to move it soundtrack to the cartoon Madagascar, was found dead on Tuesday, September 1, at his home in Miami Beach, Florida, just days before hearing for a sexual assault case. . He was 49 years old. Police officers intervened on the scene have not found at the moment any clues that could suggest a violent death, says a spokesman for the Miami department, specifying however that it will be up to the forensic institution to carry out an autopsy and draw conclusions.
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Morillo was known all over the world for house music and for the 1993 hit I Like to Move It, featured in the animated film series Madagascar. Morillo had won several awards at the DJ Awards, including one for Best International Dj. Morillo was released on bail of $ 25,000, and his next hearing was scheduled for Friday, September 4. He had been arrested in August: a woman he met at a party reported that he had raped her. The young woman had told investigators that she, Morillo and another woman had returned to Morillo’s house after a party. Morillo, according to the alleged victim, had made several sexual advances, all declined.
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After going to sleep fully clothed in the bedroom from Morillo’s bed, the woman woke up later with the naked DJ standing by the bed. The woman said she left the house and called the emergency services: investigators identified Morillo’s DNA from a rape kit. When questioned by Miami Beach investigators, Morillo claimed that he did not have sex with his accuser but with the other woman, who confirmed the dj’s words. Born in New York and raised part of his childhood in Colombia, Morillo had become famous under the pseudonym of Reel 2 Real which he had used to create the track I like to move it in 1993, which jumped to the top of the charts particularly in France and the Netherlands.
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