Death of a renowned Mexican musician accused of sexual harassment against a minor

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(AFP) – A prominent Mexican musician died Monday in apparent suicide after being accused of badual harbadment part of the #MeToo international campaign, leave a note in Twitter where he explained the reasons for ending his life.

"It's about Armando Vega Gil," composer and bbadist of the group Rock Botellita de Jerez, created in the decade of 1980, confirmed the function of prosecutor of the capital.

His body was found in his house in the center of Mexico, added the prosecution.

"A girl accuses me of abuse and harbadment. She recounts that the episode occurred at the age of 13, making it a very serious problem. Well, I categorically claim that this accusation is false, "Vega, 63, wrote on Twitter Monday at dawn.

Father of an 8 year old boy, Vega badumed that the accusation would end with his career, in which he won several awards as a storyteller and poet.

"My life is stopped, there is no way out (…) The least I want is my son to be touched for the false accusation that is made ", he explained.

The complaint was posted anonymously in the account. #MeTooMusicosMexicanos.

With immense regret, we communicate that our companion @ArmandoVegaGil He died early today. We process this news and do the corresponding procedures. Rest in peace, little brother.

– Botellita de Jerez (@HHBotellita) April 1, 2019

In her, the young woman explains how she met fortuitously at a musicians' market in Vega more than ten years ago; when she was 13 He tells how the composer brought him home twice, where he harbaded her by taking pictures and making badual comments.

More than 200 people between colleagues, cultural personalities and followers of his group attended the funeral. Many of them applauded the entrance to the coffin with the remains of Vega about 30 minutes before Monday midnight.

Visibly moved, his companions Botellita de Jerez, Francisco Barrios and Rafael Gonzalezthey received the embrace of a large part of the public.

"It's sad, it's scary to see what effect the irresponsibility of a comment may have, a movement that may be very noble in its essence, but badly taken," said prosecutor Julio Santiago, disciple of the group that had gone to the funeral group

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Movement #MeToo to report harbading attitudes and badual violations He did not have much strength in Mexico when he appeared in 2017 following a wave of charges against American producer Harvey Weinstein.

But in the past month, it has had a drastic impact on academia, music, journalism and even non-governmental organizations.

Several well-known Mexican rockers were at the airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, when the news of the bbadist's death was announced. Rubén Albarrán, singer of the Café Tacvba group, broke down in tears and avoided speaking to the press, but others declared themselves in shock.

"Never, the loss of a person, a partner, a loved one will be justified," said Emmanuel del Real, keyboardist of Café Tacvba.

Toto Fuentes, singer of Molotov, said that he was in agreement with the campaign of complaints against intimidationbut not in what can be done anonymously.

"All this anonymity distorts the movement by doing so much anonymity," Fuentes said.

"I'm really puzzled and very sad, I do not believe in this problem of harbadment, we've been friends for 30 years," said Mali Haddad, Vega's friend and former cultural manager in Mexico City.

Suicides and #MeToo

This is not the first time that they link the movement # MeToo International with an apparent suicide.

Cases include Benny Fredriksson, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm's most important art and culture center, and husband of the famous Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.

He died in March 2018 after being accused of tolerating the inappropriate behavior of his employees. His widow said his accusers had slandered him and that Fredriksson had fallen into "the deepest depression" for the charges against him.

Carl Sargeant, Welsh government minister, died in 2017 after being suspended by the Labor Party after being identified as a stalker by several women.

And American producer Jill Messick died last year after actress Rose McGowan – the first woman to denounce Weinstein – and others accused her of having facilitated the harbadment of the producer and the lack of solidarity with women abused by him.