On March 8, International Women's Day, Sasha Sokol raised her voice to publicly denounce her alleged aggressor Luis de Llano after 30 years. The former Timbiriche shared her testimony through her social networks and since then she has received support from feminist collectives, media figures and fans, but her case boomed so much among the public that it inspired a rap against abuse in the medium.
Joel Martinez, better known as Danger AK, is a Mexican rapper who has more than 53,000 followers on YouTube and 63,000 on Instagram. Among his repertoire are DEF, In Self-Defense, Blockbusters, Bars, A Pen and a Hammer, but recently he wanted to face the situation of abuse that is allegedly experienced within the television industry following the public denunciation of Sasha Sokol.
Last Tuesday, March 15, the rapper shared his song on De buena fe, a program broadcast on Canal Once. Within the first stanzas she took up some of the information that the Rueda interpreter mi mente expressed on her networks, such as the remarkable age difference that existed between her and the former Televisa producer, because when they began a relationship the singer was 14 years old and the producer was 39.
“He says that they had an affair, it's called pedophilia, look no way out that his 'secret of love' is not going to hide [...] everyone on TV knew about it, it was a part of the trade, no one became foolish nor did parents do much about it and the favorite bed of abuse is silence”, you hear in the first stanzas.
With these words, Danger AK referred to the crime that involves having relations with persons under 18 years of age, a situation that would have happened between representative and represented. In a way, he also took up the statements made by other figures in the media about the case and put on the table the role that Sasha's parents played first and foremost.
It should be remembered that within the testimony, the singer mentioned that when her family found out that she was in a relationship with Luis de Llano, they “went crazy”, because the producer was of the same generation as her parents and, although they tried to separate them by putting their distance from each other, they continued to frequent each other. In fact, that would have been the real reason why the singer left Timbiriche.
It also meant the loss of a loved one, who disadopted her. So three long years, until Sasha Sokol decided to face her fears and end what she believed was a courtship. As he explained, he had a hard time taking that step because he feared repercussions on his professional career, as he was about to release his first album as a solo artist.
The experience of abuse that the Mexican lived opened the debate about other similar situations that have happened within the medium of the show, this is how the cases of Thalia with Alfredo Diaz Ordaz, Paulina Goto and Pedro Damian, Angelique Boyer and Jose Alberto El Güero Castro.
Due to the constant within the industry not only in Mexico, but also internationally, Danger AK continued his rap with a reflection on cases of abuse by way of denunciation and recalled that some child stars have also gone through similar situations.
“How many stories of abuse and harassment are still secretly kept in a jar of famous abusive producers who produce many things but above all disgust [...] It seems that in the industry there is a lot of monster on the loose that steals your childhood but the teleprompter asks to remain silent,” he continued.
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