Despite all the positivity of the Walter Mercado Salinas is extended to those around him, his life, definitely, was not free of difficulties. If you have not seen it yet, the documentary from Netflix Much much Love: The Legend of Walter Market it tells the story of the end of the decade of Latinx astrologer, which became a clairvoyant icon through his weekly astrology TELEVISION program and 50 years of career. The Market became known for its sweet, trusting nature as their bright capes, and sadly, her unwavering faith in others, ultimately led to the biggest downfall in his career. Wondering exactly what happened between the Market and its former manager, William “Bill” Bakula? Here’s the reason their relationship soured.
Like many others, Bakula was first introduced to the Market by seeing him on the small screen. Intrigued, Bakula book a consultation with the Market, to read your natal chart. At the end of the session, Bakula revealed his ulterior motive: I wanted to launch a new TV show to Market, as the star. Market agreement, and Bakula was to help Market the form of his career in the late ’80 and early ’90’s. As explained in Market Much, Much Love, Bakula opened many new doors for the psychic, and the credit Market Bakula with propelling him to stardom.
Unfortunately, the companionship and the friendship did not last. In 2006, Market became dissatisfied by Bakula constantly reuse their old material, and he decided that it was time to seek a new direction. At the time, Mercado said First Time“I have legal problems with a former manager of the mine, which runs a number of fraudulent ads using my name, without rights, and [Univision] I wanted to ignore it, even though the ads feature a photograph I took five years ago and have nothing to do with me. I can not fool my audience and that’s why I’ve decided to say goodbye.”
Little Market knows that, 11 years earlier, he inadvertently had signed a contract that gave Bakula the right to Market the name, the image, and the image. Although Bakula, according to reports, said the Market knew what I was signing in the year 1995, the Market argued that — because he trusted his ex-manager as a friend — that you signed the contract without reading it. What followed was a six years of trademark dispute, during which the Market will be banned from using their name. As a result, Univision was forced to cancel its segment Primer Impact.
The long legal battle had a significant share in the Market, both financially and emotionally. In the documentary, explains that — in addition to being outside the air — to- Market does not receive any payment and was not able to do any business during those six years. In December 2011, the Market finally regained their rights, but in a few days after the decision was made, Market suffered a heart attack. He eventually recovered, but his career did not. After disappearing from the public eye for so long, the Market had problems to build their fan base again, and he was never able to make a real return. As expected, his relationship with Bakula also failed to recover after the demand.
