:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/KUTWUCTTFVDRLMWKCNZFXUSK3E.jpg "Roberto Canessa, survivor of the Los Andes tragedy, is accused of touching young people (Videos) – El Financiero")
Roberto Canessa is one of the 16 survivors of the Andes tragedy that occurred in 1972, which inspired The Snow Society, a film that was even nominated for the Oscars and that gave greater exposure to characters like this cardiologist, who He is currently in Mexico.
However, on social networks they have taken it upon themselves to ‘cancel’ him, since in one of the conferences he held in Torreón, Coahuila, he was accused of inappropriately touching several young women who attended.
Why are Roberto Canessa accused of inappropriate touching in Torreón?
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After the event ended, some people approached the cardiologist to take photos with him, including some young women whom he apparently touched in the buttock area.
One of the videos shows a girl approaching to greet the doctor and settling down to take a photo with him. However, the 71-year-old man places her hand on one of the girl’s buttocks, who ends up kneeling and the hand of the survivor from Los Andes moves to her waist.
“More than inspired, I was disappointed in this man. that when taking the photo he put his hand on all the girls (obviously I didn’t get on there),” the clip says.
The other video is recorded from one of the side parts of the stage, where another young woman is posing next to Roberto Canessa, sitting in an armchair. Now, you can see how the speaker also lowers his hand towards the buttock of the girl, who was wearing a skirt.
What are they saying on social networks about alleged inappropriate touching by Roberto Canessa?
On social networks, hundreds of people, especially women, have commented on the disappointment they feel about Roberto Canessa, considered an inspiring person thanks to his story of survival in the tragedy of the Andes.
Condemning the cardiologist’s actions, they assure that the inappropriate touching carried out on the women in the videos was not accidental, as other users on Facebook have suggested.
So far, Canessa has not commented on the accusations against him, and it is also unknown if he will continue on his tour of Mexico, where his next stop is Mexico City this April 13 at the Centro Cultural Teatro 1.