Judge Irka Méndez Sosa of a Santiago court ordered three months preventive custody to famous Santiago clown Kelvin Francisco Núñez Morel (“Kanqui”). Four aged 22 to 27 years accuse the clown of sexual abuse against them when they were minors. The clown will serve the term at the Centro de Corrección y Rehabilitación Rafey Hombres in Santiago.
Teleuniverso, Channel 29 in Santiago, suspended the Kanquimania TV show after the court order for a pre-trial jail term was known.
The case broke into the open after CDN TV Channel 37 news broke a story by investigative TV journalist Addis Burgos . While Burgos would shield the identities of the victims, Santiago prosecutors would not, publicizing the names.
The clown would not respond to the accusations when interviewed by the journalist on the phone for the news program and instead traveled to the United States. He would return and be arrested shortly thereafter.
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Listin Diario
15 April 2019