Back in July, a huge scandal broke around one of the biggest Spanish radio voices, Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo. The radio host was accused of sexual harassment by a former producer, Alberto "Beto" Cortez. Cortez was also a writer and performer on the "Piolin Por La Mañana" radio show and alleges that his former boss was "physically, sexually and emotionally harassing" for a period of three years that ended this past January. He accused him of sexual harassment and making repeated unwanted sexual advances that included grabbing his buttocks and genitals every morning as he arrived to work. This claim ultimately had repercussions as Piolin was let go from his talk show.
Along with Cortez, six former colleagues from his morning radio show also claimed they were victims of harrasment. Tomas Alejandro Fernandez, Samuel Heredia, Gerardo Palencia, Domingo Rodríguez Ochoa, Sergio Vera and Bertha "Betushca" Velasco, allegedly sent a letter to Piolin's lawyer, which TMZ obtained, claiming the radio host: "Forced several employees to watch him defecate. Regularly peed into bottles in the studio. Grabbed his erect penis through his pants and rubbed it on employees. Routinely exposed himself and called male employees "f**gots." Grabbed employees' genitals and insisted they "liked" it. Bit people"
Piolin had already filed a suit against them back in August, for extortion and intentionally inflicting emotional distress.He claims those former Univision employees contacted him in the midst of the scandal and offered to "seal their lips" in exchange of a whopping $4.9 million, supposed to be handed to them "under the table." According to the lawsuit, the Defendants began plotting as early as 2006 to pressure Piolin for more money, even if it meant staging a walkout. Piolin "persuaded management to grant them salary increases." However, Univision fired them within years. Piolin's lawsuit states "that defendants have attempted a naked money grab, but have sorely underestimated their target; plaintiff has worked for justice his whole life and does so again with the present action."
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