Chiquis Rivera, the eldest daughter of Mexican-American singer and songwriter Jenni Rivera, defended her late mother this week against allegations leveled by baseball star Esteban Loaiza, Jenni's third husband, La Opinión reported.

Chiquis denied that her mom had suffered from a dual personality that made her warm and lovable on the stage but a "difficult and problematic partner" in private, as Loaiza had claimed; the pitcher wed the "Diva de la Banda" in 2010, but the couple was in the process of finalizing its divorce when the singer was killed in a plane crash near Iturbide, in Mexico's Nuevo León state, on Dec. 9, 2012.

Her daughter, a musical talent in her own right, had an at times difficult relationship with the "Se Las Voy a Dar a Otro" star. But she did not hesitate to come to her defense given Loaiza's posthumous accusations, La Opinión detailed.

"A little while ago, I heard for the first time what he said, and I think it is in very poor taste that he would talk about somebody who cannot defend herself," Chiquis charged. "My mother did have her (strong) character, but it was not how Esteban described it; she did not beat around the bush, but there is a big difference between that and being rude and the other things he said," the "Paloma Blanca" star added.

Chiquis was quick to point out, however, that she did not hold any general animus toward Loaiza, whose marriage to Jenni had suffered from "irreconcilable differences ... derived from private circumstances that occurred during the lapse of their two-year marriage," according to their divorce papers.

"I do not have any problem with Esteban -- in fact, I spoke well of him in my book," Jenni's daughter noted in reference to an autobiography she published a few months ago, according to La Opinión.

"But if he keeps on saying these things about my mother, he is going to force me to change my view because it is in very poor taste to talk about somebody who is no longer around," Chiquis insisted. "My mom is not here, but she has a daughter who defends her."