Posted on 02/08/2016 11:32:04 AM PST by nickcarraway
After a somewhat eery silence, Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has finally hit back over Sean Penn's controversial interview with kingpin JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán.
The actress claims she feels "betrayed" and "used" by Sean Penn, after the actor penned his interview with Guzmán for Rolling Stone magazine.
Del Castillo's last tweet was on January 13, thanking her followers for their support.
With Guzmán back behind bars once again, Penn recently spoke out over his 'vigilante' style of journalism. Castillo denied having been involved in arranging the meeting between the actor and El Chapo.
However, Castillo herself now faces questioning by Mexican authorities in connection to a money-laundering probe involving El Chapo and her tequila business, Tequila Honor Del Castillo, People reports.
"She didn't know Penn was going to write for Rolling Stone magazine. Would you meet with El Chapo and approve to have [that meeting appear] for publication?" Castillo's attorney Harland Braun commented.
"After the interview, she had no choice about it. Once Penn and Guzmán agreed on the article, what was she going to do about it? She signed off after they had both done so."
Controversy and betrayal
Yet the situation looks set to go from bad to worse for Castillo, who rose to fame from telenovela 'La Reina del Sur". It would appear that having a famous friend who just so happens to be a drug lord now faces investigation by Mexican authorities due to her El Chapo links.
The actress failed to attend a preliminary summons from January this year, held in her home town of Los Angeles, the U.S., El Espectador reports.
Not to mention Tequila Honor now finds itself in the media spotlight over allegations that El Chapo himself funds the brand.
The company was forced to release a statement defending it's production of the popular spirit, yet no mention was made of Castillo's role as a founder of the brand. From the Spirits Business:
"Ms. Kate del Castillo was invited to take part in this Tequila project as the image of the brand due to her independent spirit and love for Tequila.Tequila Honor LLC has exclusively been funded by its founders, a group of brand development experts focused on bringing an excellent product to market. As such, Tequila Honor LLC has worked directly with its Tequila vendor the Vivanco family, fourth generation agave growers and producers of Tequila of the highest quality, helping us craft our unique profile which is being produced in an honest and authentic way."
According to Braun, Castillo was "forced to go along with the interview" after Penn and Guzmán reached an agreement.
Castillo remains decidedly hushed over her links to El Chapo, despite Penn having spoken up about his unique style of journalism. Perhaps the royalties from such a lucrative tequila deal were worth more than a brief friendship with Mexico's most wanted.
I’ll bet a lot of women feel betrayed by penn.
Chris Penn died of an overdose...you would think sean would hate drug dealers.
She’s got good company.
Many U. S. Citizens feel betrayed by him too.
IMO Chris Penn was the better actor. RIP.
lol!
He should have quit at Spicoli.
I thought El Chapo escaped again
No, he is still incarcerated.
Ditto to that. So’s their brother Micheal in this video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxkJHX7ukKE
I'd hate to be Sean Penn, looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life.
Don’t understand how gorgeous women like Miss Castillo hang out with a loser like Sean Penn.
Of course weight was most likely a contributing factor (as mentioned in the autopsy results (as were a specific drug.) But without the drugs, Chris very likely would have lived many, many more years. Sad.
Sean Penn is a complete mess and that head of his is like a tangled web of links that make nor follow any logical sense. In addition to his incredible narcissism is beyond obvious.
Hubba, hubba!
Don’t understand how gorgeous women like Miss Castillo hang out with a loser like Sean Penn.
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His net worth provides 150 million reasons for so doing.
Didn’t I once hear something about dogs and fleas?
She should be wary of the members of the Film Actors Guild.
Screw her! Sean Penn is a hero! Capturing this drug cartel dealer knowing the cartel could show up at his Malibu house that can be easily found in a map of the star’s homes at Ralph’s.
was he the son calling the photographer “Nigger!” ?
Good riddance.
She feels betrayed? Imagine what El Chapo is thinking.
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