'Black Panther: Wakanda Without end' star Tenoch Huerta says sexual assault 'allegations are merely unfaithful'

• Tenoch Huerta is responding to allegations of sexual assault which were circulating on Twitter.
• “Though I’m on no account good, I do know that these allegations are merely unfaithful,” Huerta advised Insider in an announcement.
• Huerta was the breakout star of 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Without end.”

Marvel star Tenoch Huerta is denying sexual assault allegations in an announcement to Insider after activist and saxophonist María Elena Ríos referred to as the actor a “sexual predator.” 

The allegations started circulating on Twitter over the weekend when Ríos stated on social media that Huerta sexually assaulted her.

“It is extremely tough to speak concerning the emotional abuse and abuse of energy of a sexual predator who’s cherished on the earth for enjoying a personality in a film like Tenoch Huerta,” Ríos tweeted on Saturday.

Requested by a Twitter consumer if she was assaulted by Huerta, Ríos replied in the affirmative.

—•𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐑í𝐨𝐬 🎷 (@_ElenaRios) June 11, 2023

In an announcement launched on Monday, the actor stated he dated Ríos for “a number of months,” however asserted it was “solely consensual always.”

“Though I’m on no account good, I do know that these allegations are merely unfaithful,” he wrote partly. “And whereas I’ll all the time work to enhance myself, I have to contest claims which might be each false and offensive.”

Huerta was the breakout star of the “Black Panther” sequel “Wakanda Without end” for his flip as Namor, the movie’s antagonist. The Mexican actor’s casting was additionally praised as a step ahead within the onscreen illustration of Indigenous folks.

A rep for Huerta requested that his assertion be launched in full. Right here it’s under:

“A false and fully unsubstantiated accusation about me has unfold like wildfire – and I can not let it go unchallenged any longer. 

A couple of 12 months in the past, I dated Elena for a number of months. It was solely consensual always, as numerous others can attest. And all through it was a loving, heat and mutually supportive relationship. After it ended, nonetheless, Elena started to misrepresent our interactions each privately and in entrance of teams of mutual associates.  

Consequently, a number of months in the past, I engaged a authorized group to begin the suitable actions to guard my repute and refute these irresponsible and false accusations that may trigger nice prejudice and injury.

Though I’m on no account good, I do know that these allegations are merely unfaithful. And whereas I’ll all the time work to enhance myself, I have to contest claims which might be each false and offensive. 

I’m deeply grateful to my household and the individuals who have supported me and vastly respect everybody who’s prepared to have a look at the information and mirror earlier than speeding to an unfaithful and unjust conclusion.”