Efe Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The Gran Canarian palms
Updated Monday, January 29, 2024-12:14
Cinema Three women accuse film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence
The Gran Canaria artist
Koset Quintana
has accused the film director
Armando Ravelo
on Instagram of having incited her to have sex and offering her drugs and porn when she was 14 years old, facts that the filmmaker has acknowledged to EFE, although
he has denied that they can be considered violence. sexual
.
The multidisciplinary creator has been encouraged to make this public complaint after reading in recent days "the testimonies hidden for so long against
Carlos Vermut
", Madrid director and screenwriter, winner of the San Sebastián Golden Shell with 'Magical Girl' (2014). , of a film student, an employee of one of his productions and a worker in the cultural sector, who have accused him of subjecting them to sexual violence between May 2014 and February 2022.
Regarding Ravelo, Quintana, who met him in 2014 at a film workshop, remembers that he has been
subsidized by the Government of the Canary Islands
and claims to know "much more serious testimonies" than the one she has highlighted on the aforementioned social network, where shows screenshots of telephone conversations with the filmmaker.
The Gran Canarian creator assures in her publication that she believes she "speaks on behalf of many" when she states that "we are very tired of there being so many men in high places using
their power to rape, harass and manipulate others
," and emphasizes that in this case "it is once again a film director."
sex addict
Armando Ravelo, who was 31 years old in 2014, explained to EFE this Monday that at that time "he was very high and thought he went unpunished", which, together with a
manifest addiction to sex
that he claims to have overcome after going to therapy, led to "doing a lot of harm to many women" with whom he had "long-lasting relationships."
For this reason, the Gran Canarian filmmaker, who accepts that after Quintana's complaint "he will not be able to work in cinema in the Canary Islands again," understands that now "many people have joined the bandwagon" of the creator's complaint because she has
"left many corpses along the way
."
In addition to emphasizing that when he met her in person he thought that Koset Quintana was an "adult", so he believed that she was joking with him when she told him that she was a minor, Ravelo denies having exercised sexual violence or any physical contact of that nature on her, but it is
"reprehensible" behavior that should be reported
.
What's more, he encourages everyone who has suffered a situation like this to do the same, although he asks "not to put everyone in the same bag, or all situations."
The filmmaker emphasizes that the therapy he has undergone in recent years has helped him "take control of his life and improve," to the point of being able to have "beautiful relationships" with the women around him, hence that she now chooses to
face with "honesty" the consequences of complaints such as that of Quintana
, to which those of other women who claim to have been mistreated by Ravelo have been added on Instagram, and for which she has received numerous supports.