Atresmedia and the production company Diagonal TV have postponed the premiere of the series on the life of Gervasio Deferr in a “purely preventive” manner. The two-time Olympic artistic gymnastics champion has been accused of sexual abuse of three women.
It was planned that The big jumpwith five episodes and starring Óscar Casas, was released on November 17 on Atresplayer. However, the producer decided to remove it from the gridas reported The Country.
This decision was made after a woman claimed that she and two other girls They were raped by the former gymnast when the three were minors during Deferr’s time at the High Performance Center (CAR), where he remained from 1992 to 2011.
According to the aforementioned media, the alleged victim’s lawyer has not filed a complaint against the former athlete because the facts would have already prescribedbut he did inform Atresmedia and Diagonal TV when he learned that a series about his life would be broadcast.
Besides, The Country has contacted the two-time Olympic champion, who assures that he has no knowledge of any of this: “I don’t know anything about anything, no one has told me anything, I don’t know what you’re talking about or where the information comes from, I have no idea.. “I know that they had postponed the series, but I have not spoken to Atresplayer or anyone to explain it to me.”
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