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Con - Trevi: Trouble and Sleaze
Gloria Trevi got off too easy after she corrupted and abused young girls.
Adriana Olivarez
Issue date: 10/13/04 Section: Opinion
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Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi and her manager, Sergio Andrade, lured pretty, talented young girls into sexual slavery with the promise of fame and fortune. They took the hopeful young girls out of the country and most of them became victims of daily sexual and physical abuse.
Trevi was the hook to lure those girls into becoming Andrade's sex slaves.
She is as guilty as he is.
After 5 years of imprisonment facing charges of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors, Trevi was released from El Cereso prison in Mexico on Sept. 21.
An even greater outrage is the way the superstar smiles to the cameras, giving the impression of a martyr.
"It really surprised me that ... Mexican justice can recognize when there is no reason to convict somebody, and you've got to have balls to do that," Trevi said in an online report on religionnewsblog.com.
But Trevi is no saint.
The 36-year-old singer rose to stardom in the 1990s and some dubbed her "The Mexican Madonna" because of her controversial lyrics and racy image.
One of the victims, back-up singer Karina Yapor, began spending time with the entertainers when she was 12 and gave birth to Andrade's son when she was 15.
"I'm scarred for life," said Yapor. She also said she requested an appeal, stating that freeing Trevi is unjust. "I can show that judge the scars on my breast from the tortures I was submitted to."
The 1998 book "Aline: La Gloria por el Infierno" (Aline: To Glory by Hell), chronicles the horrific experiences of Aline Hernandez, another young victim who also has a child by Andrade.
Hernandez witnessed Trevi helping Andrade with the abuse and domination of their entourage of teenage performers.
While awaiting extradition in a Brazilian prison, Trevi alleged a guard raped her.
She later changed her story and said that an inmate did. Subsequent DNA tests confirmed that the father of her child was actually Andrade.
Seems lying comes naturally to Trevi.
According to Judge Javier Pineda in Mexico City, there wasn't sufficient evidence to pursue rape and kidnapping charges against Trevi.
How much more evidence would be enough?
Prosecutors are still considering an appeal of the singer's acquittal. It's not too late for Mexico to find a sense of justice instead of letting money and fame dictate the law.
Trevi was the hook to lure those girls into becoming Andrade's sex slaves.
She is as guilty as he is.
After 5 years of imprisonment facing charges of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors, Trevi was released from El Cereso prison in Mexico on Sept. 21.
An even greater outrage is the way the superstar smiles to the cameras, giving the impression of a martyr.
"It really surprised me that ... Mexican justice can recognize when there is no reason to convict somebody, and you've got to have balls to do that," Trevi said in an online report on religionnewsblog.com.
But Trevi is no saint.
The 36-year-old singer rose to stardom in the 1990s and some dubbed her "The Mexican Madonna" because of her controversial lyrics and racy image.
One of the victims, back-up singer Karina Yapor, began spending time with the entertainers when she was 12 and gave birth to Andrade's son when she was 15.
"I'm scarred for life," said Yapor. She also said she requested an appeal, stating that freeing Trevi is unjust. "I can show that judge the scars on my breast from the tortures I was submitted to."
The 1998 book "Aline: La Gloria por el Infierno" (Aline: To Glory by Hell), chronicles the horrific experiences of Aline Hernandez, another young victim who also has a child by Andrade.
Hernandez witnessed Trevi helping Andrade with the abuse and domination of their entourage of teenage performers.
While awaiting extradition in a Brazilian prison, Trevi alleged a guard raped her.
She later changed her story and said that an inmate did. Subsequent DNA tests confirmed that the father of her child was actually Andrade.
Seems lying comes naturally to Trevi.
According to Judge Javier Pineda in Mexico City, there wasn't sufficient evidence to pursue rape and kidnapping charges against Trevi.
How much more evidence would be enough?
Prosecutors are still considering an appeal of the singer's acquittal. It's not too late for Mexico to find a sense of justice instead of letting money and fame dictate the law.
