‘Black Panther’ Star Tenoch Huerta Exits Netflix Production Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
etcanada.comTenoch Huerta, who gained mainstream fame last year playing Namor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, is exiting production on the forthcoming Netflix film, “Fiesta en la Madriguera”, amid allegations of sexual assault.
Huerta announced the news of his departure in a statement to ET on Wednesday. “Given the impact of the recent false statements by María Elena Ríos and the damage they have caused, I have no choice but to withdraw from participating in the film ‘Fiesta en la Madriguera’,” Huerta claimed in his statement. “It is with great sadness that I do this, but I cannot allow her actions to harm not only me, but also the work of dozens of talented and hard-working people involved in the project.” “My focus now is simple: continue the process of restoring my reputation,” Huerta concluded.
Netflix first announced the project in May, with director Manolo Caro helming production on a screenplay from Oscar-winning “Birdman” scribe Nicolás Giacobone.
On June 10, musician María Elena Ríos accused Huerta of being a “sexual predator” — a claim he denied and said was a “false and completely unsubstantiated accusation.” Ríos levelled her allegations on Twitter, writing in Spanish, “It’s very difficult to talk about the emotional abuse and the abuse of power of a sexual predator who is loved around the world for playing a character in a movie such as Tenoch Huerta.” “Charming in appearance, the great hallmark of a narcissist + a good helping of victimization,” she added of Huerta, who is also known for his roles in “Narcos: Mexico” and “The Forever Purge”.
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