Prosecutors in the Dominican Republic filed manslaughter and other charges Friday against the owners of a nightclub where 236 people died earlier this year when the crowded building's roof collapsed.

The roof of the Jet Set club in the capital Santo Domingo caved in early on April 8, during a concert by merengue star Rubby Perez.

Perez, 69, was among the victims of the worst tragedy in the Caribbean nation in decades, as were two retired Major League Baseball players and a provincial governor.

Antonio Espaillat and his sister Maribel Espaillat were arrested over the disaster and later released on 50 million pesos (roughly $840,000) bail pending trial.

"The Espaillat siblings committed manslaughter and involuntary assault and battery," prosecutors of the Public Ministry said in a statem

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