Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, best known for his role as Namor in the Marvel film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is denying allegations of abuse made by saxophonist María Elena Ríos.
Allegations of emotional and sexual abuse surfaced over the weekend after Ríos, who is also an activist in Mexico who survived an acid attack last year, posted about it on social media.
"It is very difficult to talk about the emotional abuse and abuse of power of a sexual predator who is loved around the world for playing a character in a movie like @TenochHuerta," Ríos tweeted in Spanish. "Charming in appearance, the great hallmark of a narcissist + a good helping of victimization."
In a statement Monday, Huerta characterized the accusations as “false and completely unsubstantiated."
He said the accusations have "spread like wildfire — and I cannot let it go unchallenged any longer."
In two other tweets, Ríos addressed the skeptics who wondered why is she opening up about this now.
"'And why didn’t you report it?' Ask those who live in a chauvinist country, where justice is unattainable where they almost kill you and still they don’t believe you and justice doesn't come," Ríos said in a first tweet.
In a second tweet, Ríos shared screenshots of hateful messages she has received via Instagram following her allegations.
"Why did I wait to talk about it? Because I have a process. Why didn’t I report it? Because I was afraid that this would happen: people who refuse to believe that a SUPER HERO...
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