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Isabella Ladera is alleging that her ex-boyfriend Beéle leaked a sex tape of her without her consent.
“I am profoundly devastated,” the 26-year-old influencer said in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Sept. 9, translated from Spanish to English. “An intimate and private moment was leaked without my consent, an act that represents one of the cruelest betrayals I’ve lived.”
Ladera shared that the “video was only in the hands of two people: the other person and me.” “A person who lied to me from the start, who saw how I suffered painful consequences because of him, and still never stepped up to protect me,” she wrote.
Ladera then elaborated on how the leak has infringed upon her privacy, and said it “goes against my dignity and has caused immense pain to me and my family.”
She called the tape “a form of violence towards women.” “I am not the first, nor the only one,” she continued in her post. “I am not the one to be ashamed in this story. The shame falls on the person who betrayed me. I am here, standing tall, with my head held high. For me. For my family. And for all the women who have been victims of a narcissist.”
SONUS, the influencer’s legal defense team, also issued a formal statement on Instagram on Tuesday.
Ladera’s attorneys shut down allegations that she released the content herself as a part of a marketing scheme.
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“Isabella Ladera, through her legal team, will pursue all appropriate legal and criminal actions to ensure that the events are investigated, those responsible are identified and the corresponding penalties are imposed,” part of the statement read.
Amid Ladera’s claims, Beéle, 22, reposted a statement from his legal team on Tuesday. “We categorically reject the circulation on social media and digital platforms of an intimate video that violates the privacy and dignity of the individuals involved,” the Colombian singer’s attorneys wrote in an Instagram post first shared on Monday. Sept. 8.
Lawyers for the musician claimed that he was not the source of the leak. “It’s important to clarify that Beéle did not leak this material or participate in its dissemination,” the statement read. “His artistic career and international prestige preclude any need or interest in such events.”
