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Piolin files suit against six ex-colleagues over alleged extortion

Eddie Sotelo, the Spanish-language radio host known as Piolin, filed a "civil extortion lawsuit" today in Santa Monica Superior court against against six former Univision employees and their Los Angeles attorneys "for attempting to shake him down for nearly $5 million by threatening to go public with false and misleading allegations of sexual harassment and workplace humiliation." The suit alleges that the defendants made the demands last week by telephone and in writing. Per Piolin's camp, "the lawsuit details how the defendants offered to 'seal their lips and take their own copycat allegations 'to their graves' if Piolin paid the group $4.9 million." I'm not using their names because I'm unable right now to seek comment from their lawyers, but it's an intriguing twist in the Piolin saga. There previously has been an ex-collegue making allegations against Sotelo.


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