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Velasco backs harassment complaints against Piolín

August 2, 2013 by Veronica Villafañe

Betty Velasco
Former co-worker Betty Velasco claims she was fired after reporting verbal abuse and inappropriate behavior by Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo. (Photo by Aurelia Ventura, courtesy La Opinión)

After much deliberation, former “Piolín de la Mañana” sidekick Betty Velasco has come forward to back up Alberto “Beto” Cortez’s claims of harassment against Eddie Sotelo.

In an interview with La Opinión reporter Lucero Amador-Miranda, Velasco says she endured a hostile work environment after she herself filed claims against Piolín with Univision Radio’s human resources department. She believes her complaints eventually got her fired from the show in 2010. She had worked with Piolín for 4 years.

Velasco says Piolín was verbally abusive and disrespectful. On one occasion, he urinated in front of her in the radio booth, prompting her to report him to HR.

Velasco, who is now a DJ at RadioToxiko.com, says she witnessed many of the things former co-worker Beto Cortez’s went through, but “never imagined he would expose them in a lawsuit.”

She did say Sotelo is a hard worker with lots of talent and virtues, but that “his mistakes exceeded him.”

She decided to come forward to defend her former co-worker after Sotelo and his attorney alleged Cortez’s claims were untrue and only made to score financial gain.

 

 

 

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Alberto "Beto" Cortez, Betty Velasco, Piolin, sexual harassment, Univision Radio

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  1. BETTY LA MENTIROSA says

    August 7, 2013 at 11:25 PM

    BETTY LA QUE NO ERA INTERESADA

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  2. BETTY LA MENTIROSA says

    August 7, 2013 at 11:27 PM

    MIREN COMO LE HABLA AL SENOR MALA SUERTE, QUE NOMBRECITO.

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Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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