Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, best known for his role as Namor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is facing controversy after being labeled a sex offender by saxophonist María Elena Ríos a few days ago on social networks.
The latest episode of this saga happened last night on the social network Twitter, where the saxophonist accused the actor of removing the condom without consent during a sexual act.
Tenoch, you know it’s hard for me to talk about the violence you did to me:
• Because I’m on trial for attempted femicide.
• In Mexico, the violence you use is not yet regulated by law.
you took advantage of itI understood that the shame does not apply to me but to the perpetrator pic.twitter.com/Q2vvfz6AKz
— •𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐑í𝐨𝐬 🎷 (@_ElenaRios) June 16, 2023
This comes after Huerta posted a statement on Instagram on June 12 which, according to Elena Ríos, shows the typical intimidation techniques of an aggressor, “and which come from the structures established by patriarchy”. Ríos explained that Huerta was involved in a pattern of abuse popularly known as “gaslighting,” in which the victim is manipulated into questioning their own perception or memory.
Likewise, he mentioned the “pity game” in which an abusive person distorts reality to appear as a victim, and even reiterated that members of the Poder Prieto collective — which he describes as a cult — helped him attack her and do it her conscience
In addition, he wrote in one paragraph that “acts that were initially consensual do not preclude them from remaining consensual, as removing the condom without warning is a crime of sexual assault and is known in English as stealthing.” however, without expressly accusing Huerta of having committed this act against her.
He also mentioned testimonies from other women who had allegedly been raped by Tenoch Huerta, along with a description of the pattern of behavior he had followed with all of them for years. This “modus operandi,” as she called it, would consist of seeking out emotionally vulnerable women, making them feel admired, making them fall in love, gaining their trust, and later identifying them as sexual To use trophy, withdraw, not take emotional responsibility and only seek her to have sex.
In addition, she said that it is difficult for her to speak out about this violence because she is on trial for attempted femicide and this type of aggression is not yet enshrined in law in Mexico. The saxophonist was the victim of an acid attack in 2019 that left 70% of her body burned, attributed to Ríos’ ex-partner. In 2022, legislation was introduced in Mexico to regulate the removal of a condom without consent during a sexual act, but has not yet been approved.
In 2014, Canada’s Supreme Court convicted a man of aggravated sexual assault for punching holes in a condom without his partner’s consent.