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Following recent accusations of badual and workplace harbadment against Chilean biggest box office, Nicolas Lopez, Netflix has placed his relationship with the filmmaker "under surveillance."
"Netflix has authorized several Nicolás López films past and we have an agreement for one of his new projects, which is currently under review," he said.Netflix was due to release a new Lopez movie next year
At least eight actresses, including Josefina Montané, Lucy Cominetti, Andrea Velasco and María Vidaurre, have laid overwhelming accusations of badual harbadment against Lopez.
In an Instagram post Lopez said, "I do not understand what is happening or the break in my relationships of trust and affection that have lasted for years. If I have been misunderstood at times, I apologize. "We will evaluate the lawsuits to defend the honor of Lopez," said her lawyer Paula Vial about allegations in the Chilean magazine Sabado, which she said was full of statements. which were misleading or taken out of context. "We are convinced that Nicholas is not an aggressor and we intend to prove it," she added.
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Ironically, some of Lopez's movies on Netflix, "No Filter" ("Sin Filtro") and "I'm Not Crazy" ("No Soy Loca") treat women and their right to speak. "I'm Not Crazy" was Lopez's third film to open at number one in Chile last January, surpbading international successes like "Wonder Woman", "Justice League". "And" Coco "during their first weekends in Chile" No Filter ", co-financed by Netflix, was redone in Mexico, Spain and Argentina, among other territories.
Lopez also collaborated with the kind Heli Roth on a series of films, including "Aftershock", "The Green Inferno" and "Knock, Knock. "
" We think that all this information is brutal, "said Ignacio Achurra, head of Chile's Screen Actors Guild, Sidarte, in a statement to local press." On the other hand, we think that it is necessary that all this be revealed and I hope that these complaints will be brought before the public prosecutor's office and that they will be subjected to a judicial process ", he added.
L & I Lawyer Juan Pablo Hermosilla who represents some of the women, said: "This is a case that will echo because we have a director who works in the United States and who produces for the North American market, we will not only to apply the Chilean legal norms, but also in North America. And that is why Netflix and any other company present in the United States are in a complicated position: they can not sponsor or support a behavior of abuse or mistreatment of artists. "
The Chilean actress Leonor Varela (" Blade II, "" Dallas ") said on Twitter:" All my support for these brave actresses. Although – contrary to what has been said – you have never touched me, it is time to put an end to this kind of harmful behavior. "
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