Chile's Boric Denies Sexual Harassment Claims

Facts

• A lawyer for Chile's Pres. Gabriel Boric told reporters Tuesday that his client "categorically rejects and denies" sexual harassment allegations against him, adding that the president was the true victim in this case.^[1][2]
• The lawyer, Jonatan Valenzuela, also submitted to the judiciary 25 emails that the accuser sent more than 10 years ago to Boric, which local newspaper Meganoticias then published.^[2][3]
• This comes as Cristián Crisosto, the head of the prosecutor's office of the southern province of Magallanes, confirmed that a special team is investigating a complaint against Boric that was filed Sept. 6.^[4][5]
• An unidentified woman has claimed that the Chilean president sexually harassed her and leaked private images of explicit content more than 10 years ago in the city of Punta Arenas near Patagonia. At the time, Boric was 27 and a well-known student protester.^[6][7]
• As president, Boric enjoys special legal immunity and would have to be impeached before any formal criminal investigation could proceed against him.^[1][5]
• This is the second sexual scandal that has hit the left-wing Boric administration over the past months. Manuel Monsalve, a former deputy interior minister, was arrested earlier in November on suspicion of raping a female staffer in a hotel room in September.^[4][8]

Sources: ^[1]Al Jazeera, ^[2]Bloomberg, ^[3]VOZ, ^[4]Reuters, ^[5]Buenos Aires Times, ^[6]Associated Press, ^[7]MercoPress and ^[8]Financial Times.

Narratives

• Left narrative, as provided by The Latin Times. Boric is the victim in this case, which is all too similar to real events that inspired the Netflix series "Baby Reindeer." After sending him unsolicited sexually explicit images and romanticly toned emails, the accuser got frustrated and decided to systematically harass Boric. Evidence will prove his innocence.
• Right narrative, as provided by Breitbart. It'll be up to the judiciary to determine whether Boric is innocent. However, it's concerning that the far-left Chilean administration only decided to talk about this months-old complaint as the Monsalve scandal escalated. It seems they simply don't care about transparency.