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The case is similar to the complaint that was made against the comedian Platanito, after making a mockery of Debanhi Escobar
Faced with this type of complaint, personalities such as Franco Escamilla have spoken out about the supposed freedom of comedy numbers based on reality, this within Mexico.
Gloria Trevi is one of the most influential media personalities in the Mexican music industry.
a joke of Chumel Torres against Gloria Trevi got into trouble for influencerswho was sued by a lawyer for the singer, which reminds how important public image is today.
The image is fundamental in communication and when it comes to transmitting a brand, as Gloria Trevi’s complaint against Chumel Torres warns, the image of the person is argued by the singer, as a key point for people who work in the media, at all levels and not only that, it is also important for relatives of victims as happened with Debanhi Escobar, about whom the comedian known as Platanito made a joke, who today is still in the process of being part of a legal opinion, after the complaint that relatives of the victim against the comedian.
Chumel Torres and a “joke”
Chumel Torres once again faces the consequences of one of his “jokes”, now that Gloria Trevi denounced him through her lawyer Sergio Ramírez, at the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (FGJCDMX), for moral damages when doing allusion to accusations against the singer.
After the joke he tried to make, Armando Gómez, the singer’s husband, responded and described the act as an act of gender violence that has been normalized in Mexico and specifically in the media, as well as by media personalities.
“Gentleman, I am the husband of the woman who offends when someone pleases or tells you, the hatred they have for @GloriaTrevi and also for thousands of Mexican women who, like her, have managed to get out in front of her, is aberrational and painful. so much gender violence and so much abuse,” he said in a first tweet in response to Torres’s publication and continued:
“You are not alone, you have me. I remind you that there are laws both in the USA and in Mexico. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, I hope that our president is attentive to the abuse of some media and pseudo-journalists like you, who abuse the media, ”he indicated.
The joke that Torres made against Trevi dates from last May. Regarding the complaint, Trevi’s lawyer explained that “there is a matter that will have to be seen in the courts. The attacks, above all, in terms of gender, that he has carried out and with assertions without any legal, legal, or personal support, through which he can assert the facts that he has been attacking and carrying out actions, that have seriously hurt the public image as emotional and psychological issues.”
This is not the first time that Torres has been criticized for his “jokes.” In 2020, he verbally assaulted the son of President López Obrador, pointing him out in a derogatory manner because of his physical appearance, calling him “chocoflan”, alluding to his skin tone and the color of the hair that he dyed at the time.
After President López Obrador’s criticism of the “joke”, as well as the demand for an apology from the mother of the minor, Beatriz Gutiérrez, which she did at the time after losing the sponsorship of brands such as HBOwhich announced the departure of a night program in which he appeared.