Sexual harassment, misogyny and impunity: the dark world of youtubers in Mexico

Memo Aponte, Luisito Comunica, Rix and even Chumel Torres have been involved in some scandal of this type

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The chilling story of sexual abuse that Nath Campos lived a few years ago uncovered the dark side in the lives of YouTubers and actresses in Mexico. The scandal led more than one celebrity to admit that she was the victim of some type of aggression and reminded other influencers that they were accused of committing this type of violence.

Memo Aponte, Luisito Comunica, Rix, and even Chumel Torres have been involved in some scandal of this type or identified as promoters of violence against women.

Yayo Gutierrez

Ixpanea accused her then "friend" of having compromising images not only of her but of other women.

“He had a folder called 'Fun', He had many, many folders with girls' names, of which I knew four and they were YouTubers at that time ... I never said anything to these girls. At the time, all I did was delete that folder, ”the young woman recalled.

"I was traumatized for life," added Ixpanea about what she lived through 10 years ago and that she relived a few months ago when she learned that Yayo, "wrote (to a friend) only to send her and ask for nudes when she had not even written to him”.

Luisito Communicates

(Photo: Instagram @luisitocomunica)

It was at the end of August when the YouTuber and his girlfriend starred in a great controversy for sharing a photograph that was labeled "misogynistic" and "macho. In the image, Ary Tenorio appeared from the back, wearing denim shorts that highlighted her curves; while he posed with a bottle with a message that sparked a wave of negative comments.

The snapshot was captured during a trip by the influencer and his girlfriend, the model Arianny Tenorio, to San Miguel de Allende, where they offered him a famous mezcal that is made by hand in Dolores Hidalgo, called: “Your buttocks will be mine”.

After the controversy broke out, Luisito Comunica spoke on Twitter: “I recognize that my photograph yesterday was inappropriate and I thank you for taking me as an example so that we understand that it is NOT funny. Although the name of mezcal simply made me laugh and I didn't think about the depth of its meaning, I realize that this must stop.

“Like me, many of us have been part of a culture that normalizes 'jokes' that should never have been funny, not today or ever. I read the feedback on networks and I am glad that people raise their voices. Thanks for stressing it to me; I will be much more aware of what I publish ”, he declared.

Months later, Luisito revived the controversy by sharing a similar photograph but with the roles reversed. The influencer appears in the background with denim shorts and Ary Tenorio smiled as he carried the bottle with the message: "Your buttocks will be mine."

Memo Aponte

(Photo: Instagram by Memo Aponte)

The YouTuber has had more than one accusation of this type against him. A few weeks ago it was learned that he was expelled from the Universidad Iberoamericana for being credited with his participation in a "gender assault."

Although the academic institution never mentioned the name of the famous person, it did emphasize that they received a formal complaint from a student and after conducting the corresponding investigation it was decided to terminate him.

In 2019, Memo Aponte faced more allegations of this type. Dozens of young people denounced him through their social networks because he asked them for intimate photographs. According to their account, the influencer contacted them on Instagram and then transferred the conversation to their Telegram account.

It was through an Instragam @ nomiantesmasmemo20 account where the victims shared several screenshots of the alleged conversations with the voice actor.

A series of audios were also published in which Memo supposedly refers to his fans in a derogatory way and even the voices of women who were harassed by the actor.

After the controversial accusations, the famous one recognized that the audios are from him, but assured that they were taken out of context and had even been edited.

Mexican influencer Gabriel Montiel, known as Werevertumorro, sparked outrage on social networks by sharing a video on his Tik Tok account a few days ago in which he recreated a rape.

Werevertumorro

Screenshot of the video that triggered the controversy (Photo: Tik Tok @werevertumorro)

Gabriel Montiel, the real name of the YouTuber, sparked outrage on social networks by sharing a video on his Tik Tokun account in which he recreated a violation.

In the first few seconds of the clip, Werevertumorro moves back and forth, pretending that he is sexually abusing a sleeping, unconscious man. When he wakes up, the YouTuber justifies the aggression and explains that he did it because he was drunk.

“But man, oh the mother. I'm still farting, are you too dude? No ... I fell, dude. We are naked but I don't know what fart, dude. Oh the mother, I was walking, I tripped and chin, I fall. Ah the mother. I'm really asking, dude. Ah, mother, what fart? I bring her up. Oh what a fart, I don't know who tied you up bro ”, says Gabriel Montiel in the audiovisual.

The recording triggered the fury of Tik Tok users, and in a few hours, the controversy moved to platforms such as Facebook or Twitter, where the 31-year-old renowned influencer was accused of making an "apology for rape" since in his publication normalizes the crime and justifies it by commenting that he had drunk too much.

Chumel Torres

Cover Chumel Torres (Photo: Instagram @ chumeltorres)

The host of the Pulse of the Republic has been accused of being a misogynist several times for his sarcastic comments on social networks.

One of the most remembered was when he got involved in a lawsuit on Twitter with Tania Tagle and for which he even asked to cancel his digital platforms.

Tagle showed that Torres incited her followers to attack her after her grandfather died and even revealed that one of her best friends had anxiety attacks after using one of her photos and inciting violence towards her.

Tagle's followers decided to run a smear campaign on social networks against the YouTuber in order to block him because he is a character who violates women and uses his followers to insult and threaten them.

Rix

(Photo: Instagram / soyrix)

Nath Campos denounced in a YouTube video that she was sexually abused by Ricardo González, the real name of the Mexican influencer.

The former contestant of Who's the Mask? She clarified that she was paralyzed after the attack and could not react, but she also did not receive the necessary support from her management agency, for which on more than one occasion she was forced to work alongside her attacker.

Campos stressed that she broke the silence until now because she felt ready to communicate it to her family and denounce what for years she had kept with caution to avoid public derision.

Nath Campos' testimony fell like a bucket of cold water in the world of Mexican entertainment, where many exponents turned to her to extend a hand and also attack her in the midst of the chaos that means filing a criminal complaint and exposing her case of sexual abuse by a close person.

To this testimony was added that of the tattoo artist and artist Nemix, better known as 'La pinch * eneix', who shared the story of the sexual abuse that she experienced thanks to Rix.