Eddie 'Piolín' Sotelo SiriusXM Radio Show Canceled A Year After Sexual Harassment Allegations Surfaced!

Radio listeners of "El Show De Piolín" on SiriusXM will have to find an alternative soon as the network has decided to cancel the show after less than a year. The program hosted by Eddie Sotelo went on the air shortly after he was fired from Univision over sexual harassment accusations. Sotelo and SiriusXM remain in good terms according to a brief statement published by the Los Angeles Times: "The parting was amicable on both sides." Meanwhile Sotelo looked back at his time on satellite radio and said "it was a great experience." He also added, "I will continue my work as an advocate for immigration reform and my community involvement as I consider how to best use the variety of available new technologies to connect with my listeners."

Back in July of last year, Univision Radio canceled the morning show despite being a huge ratings success. The decision left listeners wondering what had happened and shortly after it surfaced that Alberto "Beto" Cortez, a former producer, filed a lawsuit against the host for sexual harassment. Cortez was also a writer and performer on the nationally syndicated "Piolin Por La Mañana" radio show and alleged that his former boss was "physically, sexually and emotionally harassing" for a period of three years that ended in January 2013. The claim was made in April of that same year and also addressed Sotelo ordering members of his staff to falsify letters in support of of a congressional immigration reform. Allegedly, Piolin made repeated sexually unwanted advances towards Alberto that included grabbing his buttocks and genitals every morning as he arrived to work.

Piolín fired back in a statement released to TMZ, where he says he "did not want to dignify their [Cortez] lies by responding. But enough is enough. During the past 14 years, I helped my friend Beto Cortez through a number of difficult periods in his life and have been very generous to him. It saddens me that he has resorted to making baseless claims in an attempt to obtain an undeserved financial windfall. For more than a decade, through all of Beto’s personal travails, I stood up for my friend again and again. In 2012, by Beto’s own admission, his work performance had become horribly erratic and I could no longer protect him. This is why Univision decided not to renew his contract when it expired at the end of last year."