Sergio Diego Verduzco Rubiera is a Mexican comedian and host who was recognized for hosting the “talk show” Noches con Platanito (Photo by Agustin Ramirez/ Clasos.com/LatinContent via Getty Images)
Six years ago, in the summer of 2016, comedian Sergio Diego Verduzco, better known as The Banana ClownHe broke messages he allegedly had with the actor Marcos Valdes This included unsolicited photos of her naked body.
Verduzco, uncomfortable with the situation, decided to publicize the incident involving the son of the late Manuel ‘El Loco’ Valdés on social networks and later take legal action for alleged sexual harassmentboth in Mexico – because he is a Mexican citizen – and in the United States – because the news would have been received in Los Angeles, California.
Six years ago, no one doubted the comedian’s complaint. Not even the criticism for revealing Valdé’s alleged sexual preference has been as fierce. In that distant 2016 (the #MeToo movement was still months away from gaining strength and thousands of victims were finally heard), Platanito used all possible forums to expose the alleged harassment, pointing out the singer’s behavior and a to demand a public apology. But now this Two women have reported him for sexual and work-related harassment and harassment, he has chosen to remain silent and some have tried to downplay what happened.
An untouchable star on TV?
The character of Platanito has a little over four decades of life. He started out clowning with white humor at children’s parties, but his attraction to comedian Polo Polo led him to consider changing his routine for an adult audience where double meanings and profanity abound, a style that helped him Gain fame and make money rooms. His first foray into television was on TV Azteca with Here’s Dad, but not everyone liked it and it went off the air. He decided to tour, “Platanito Show”, on various stages in Mexico and the United States, and returned to the small screen in 2013 with “Noches con Platanito”, which was broadcast by Estrella TV from Los Angeles, California Network.
“Nights with Platanito” was a “talk show” in which he interviewed show business celebrities from the Americas. She also presented games, musical numbers and “sketches” with some guests. His popularity allowed him to spend seven years on the air. And it was on that show where Presenter Gaby Ramírez and singer-songwriter Gabby Támez claim to have lived through a nightmare.
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Gaby Ramirez She denounced in early August that the comedian sexually harassed her at a pageant nine years ago and even touched her inappropriately. “He grabbed my chest, he knows it, he grabbed me without my permission and without my consideration”, he told the show ‘Gossip no like’. After that, the presenter was slow to react, and when she did, she reported it to one of the directors of the TV channel, but he did not support her out of “respect” for the star of the show. “They took me and my son out of the studio on Platanito’s orders. They also made me take a flower arrangement to Platanito. Because it occurred to me to claim it.”.
Ramírez’s complaint was supported by that of Gaby Tamezwho also worked on the Estrella TV show and in his case claims to have lived Workplace bullying by comedians. “When they introduced me to Platanito, the greeting was like, ‘Nice to meet you, I don’t know what, I’m Gabby and I’m going to support today’ and he said, ‘You know what? I like cuddles, snuggles,'” he also told ‘Gossip no like.’ The liberality and complicity of the other men who were in the room alarmed the singer-songwriter, and she decided to maintain an employment-only relationship, something the comedienne enjoys would not have liked.
“He was saying sheer inconsistencies but he loved being there, itch. I got to a point where I went into production and I said, ‘Are you dating this guy? will you do something?’ and they limited themselves to replying that nothing could be done “because she was the star of the channel”.
“As an unvarnished human he is disgusting, he is an arrogant human, he is a despotic human, he is a self-believing human, he believed he was God, he believed he was unattainable.”.
Platanito has remained silent … but the journalist Esteban Macías from ‘Chismorreo’ claimed to have spoken to the alleged attacker and recognized the incident involving Gaby Ramírez. “It’s true he touched her breast, but it was part of a ‘sketch’ and that was the live program, meaning there’s nothing hidden, that’s how the program came out (…), the program ends, she is happy with life.”
According to this version, someone would have told Ramírez that this would be the subject of a lawsuit and that it was she herself who wanted to apologize, the directors had not forced her. For Macías, the people who agree to participate in this type of program “already know what they’re getting at … they accept it,” and that “anecdote” is just an old controversy.
Támez pointed out that he faced various types of harassment while working with Platanito; Ramírez has reiterated that he was denied access to the channel and that on the occasions he had to attend with the comedian, he refused to present it.
Vanessa Bauche, an actress who reported sexual assault against her former partner Pascacio López, has advised Gaby Ramírez to speak to the authorities. “I hug you, sororo, as we sisters who have accompanied the feminist movement, as well as those who have survived this violence, say along the way. Gaby, brave. I heard when you broke the silence. The best a self-defense victim can do to heal and grow personally, even if the process is difficult and painful, is to file a complaint through the appropriate channels.“.