Mexican network fires producer after actress’ allegation

The company wrote that “after a preliminary investigation, Televisa has decided to immediately break all relations with Gustavo Loza,” adding “Televisa will not tolerate conduct like that described today.”

In his Twitter account, Loza wrote, “I deny all the accusations against me.”

In a separate statement, Loza wrote, “Televisa cannot take on the role of investigator, prosecutor and much less judge, condemning me in the media, above all when the victim has never mentioned my name.”

“I respectfully ask her to clear this situation up in the news media, by mentioning the name or names of her attackers and file charges against them, so that these regrettable and lamentable acts she suffered will not go unpunished.”

Souza has made both movies and TV series in Mexico, and in the United States she appeared in the series “How to Get Away With Murder.” She starred in Mexico’s biggest box-office hit prior to “Coco,” a film entitled “The Noble Family.”

In an interview with CNN, Souza described a producer early in her career who groomed, pressured and groped her, and one night raped her.

Loza was the producer of a series called “Los Heroes del Norte,” or “The Heroes of the North,” that started filming in 2010 and in which Souza appeared.

The Associated Press

by Canadian Press

Mexican network fires producer after actress’ allegation

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