Part of the images of Lopez's videos. 19659003] Some of these videos are the ones that Channel 13 has released this weekend, which has earned it a series of questions to expose the plaintiffs. Indeed, the director of the Foundation for Trust, who advised the actresses, José Andrés Murillo, wrote directly to the owner of the chain, Andrónico Luksic. In a message that he posted on Twitter, he points out that they are violated in their private lives and in their testimony and that he discredits them "in a cruel and sensational way".
This morning, the owner of the chain responded that "I am not in Chile, I have not seen the note or the substance of the case.You raise a delicate question, which must be treated with respect and with respect for the dignity of those involved "and told him to express his position to the director of the channel, Javier Urrutia, and to the press director, Enrique Mujica. Murillo thanks him and wishes him a good trip.
Usual strategy
The strategy used by López – and which included the development of these videos – is usual in this type of case.
This happened for example in the media. and the world-famous case of Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood producer accused of badually harbading and badually abusing dozens of women in the industry. The defense intent of the former film mogul – still under investigation – was based on asking to declare stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow or Meryl Streep, who before exploding the scandal in October 2017, had publicly declared that they had no problem working with him That both artists expressed their repudiation of acts known later. In fact, Paltrow revealed that she was also one of her victims because the former businessman had pushed her into the sea when she was about 23 years old. She was even defended by her ex-boyfriend, the famous actor Brad Pitt.
In general, in all these cases, one says the same thing: "how do you say that I abused this woman, this actress, if I had her birthday?" These are the dynamics of abuse of power, "says the plaintiffs' lawyer in the López case, Juan Pablo Hermosilla.
The strategy also recalls part of the defense of television director Herval Abreu, denounced by seven women. in another report from El Sábado magazine, before López. Last June, Abreu went to the East Attorney 's office to give his side of the story and denied each of the charges. For example, he explained that, in the context of affirmations such as the actress Josefina Montané, he only invited him in his department for professional purposes. On another of the allegations, that of the actress Carola Paz – who told that during the television series Rossabella (Mega), he had paraded her in underwear-, Abreu has stated that the plot of the television series deserved him – being a lingerie entrepreneur –
Other plaintiffs, such as those of Antonella Orsini and Fedra Vergara, stated that their relationship with they had been consented to. "Previously, for everyone, it was a close type," of the skin ", it now turns out that he abused his power and that adults felt compelled to 39 Going to my house? ", Was it part of the historic TV man's statement? [19659004] He was also seen during the lawsuit against the famous actor and comedian Bill Cosby, already convicted of drugging and abusing a woman. The artist's version was that the two had continued to be in touch after the night the badault had occurred in 2004 and that she wished to have a romantic relationship with him. Faced with Cosby's alleged rejection, she would have claimed revenge by denouncing him.
For the lawyer Hermosilla, and to return to the defense of Lopez, "this discussion is a little out of place, because for example if I hit a person, this person appears The following week, the day of my birthday, then I decided to report my case, the one that went to my birthday does not mean that I did not hit him, "he explains, and returns to link this strategy to the power dynamics exercised by the denounced. [19659004] "From the beginning, he has seen a power dynamics and a great fear from his victims (López) .In general, in these asymmetrical cases, the victims know that in a second, the power will come out, advisers, communications companies, their lawyers, will come out in an aggressive position to attack the victims, as it happens. "
Therefore, Hermosilla is categorical:" I see no relevance for this and defense strategy " and adds that, from now on, "the important thing is that we stop talking about lawyers and we talk to the public prosecutor, who has to define whether or not there is a crime in the first phase".
For her part, López's lawyer, Paula Vial answered today at T13 radio that women had no relationship of dependence with López. Until now, the prosecution had not announced whether it decided to formalize or not the director of the What's Your Life saga.