Tenoch Huerta, who starred in “Black Panther 2,” has exited the upcoming Netflix film “Fiesta en la Madriguera” following a sexual assault declare was created against him.
Huerta confirmed the news in a statement shared with Variety, which suggests, “Given the impact of the current fake statements by María Elena Ríos and the damage they have brought on, I have no selection but to withdraw from taking part in the film ‘Fiesta en la Madriguera.’ It is with excellent disappointment that I do this, but I simply cannot let her steps to damage not only me, but also the work of dozens of talented and challenging-doing work folks concerned in the venture. My target now is simple: go on the system of restoring my reputation.”
Ríos experienced publicly accused the actor of sexual assault in a Twitter thread, in which she termed him a “sexual predator.”
The actor beforehand denied the allegation, contacting her account “false and entirely unsubstantiated,” and claimed “I are not able to allow it go unchallenged any longer.”
“About a calendar year back, I dated Elena for many months,” Huerta wrote. “It was completely consensual at all situations, as many others can attest. And in the course of it was a loving, warm and mutually supportive connection. Right after it ended, nonetheless, Elena commenced to misrepresent our interactions equally privately and in entrance of teams of mutual close friends.”
“Fiesta en la Madriguera” is set to be directed by Manolo Caro and prepared by Nicolás Giacobone, with a solid that contains Raúl Briones, Teresa Ruiz, Alfredo Gatica, Mercedes Hernández, Pierre Louis and Lizeth Selene.
Deadline initially broke the news.
