Erick Adame, a meteorologist for US TV network Spectrum News NY1, claims he was fired after an anonymous person on a pornographic content portal captured nude images of him without consent and sent them to his boss. The presenter, who has already been nominated for an Emmy for his work, published an open letter on his Instagram profile last Monday (19), in which he shared his version of the story for fans.
“Despite being a public figure and being on television in the biggest market in the country, in front of millions of people five days a week for over a decade and a half, I secretly appeared on an adult webcam site. I released my compulsive behaviors while at home, performing on a webcam for other men. It was 100% consensual for both parties. I wasn’t paid for this, and it was absurd to think I could keep it private. However, my employer found out; and I was suspended and then fired,” Adame explained.
In the letter, the presenter also took the opportunity to apologize to “former employers, co-workers, viewers, family and friends for any embarrassment” he has caused. “You expected and deserved better from me,” Erick said, adding that he was looking for “professional help” to help make decisions that don’t affect his career and those he cares about most.
However, the meteorologist stressed that he does not apologize for being openly gay or having a sexual positivity, as they are gifts and he is not ashamed of them. And he took the opportunity to leave a message for other potential channels that consider hiring him in the future. “Please judge me by the hundreds, thousands of hours of television that I am so proud of and that my employers have always praised for, not the two minutes of salacious video that will likely soon define me in our clickbait culture.” .
According to the New York Post, Erick Adame has filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan Supreme Court claiming that a man captured nude images of him without consent on the adult content portal. Later, that individual would have sent the photographs to the station where he worked and to the presenter’s mother “with the intention of harassing, annoying or alarming [Adame] and deviously interfering in [his] employment relationship”, as the documents state. lawsuits. In this way, the presenter expects the adult site to reveal the identity of the person, who used a generic username to communicate online.
