The Timbiriche series was not by Timbiriche: the group breaks their silence and accuses it of re-victimizing Sasha Sokol

Six members of the Mexican musical group Timbiriche accused the television series inspired by their history this Tuesday of distorting their experiences and re-victimizing singer Sasha Sokol due to the way it addresses the abuse she suffered when she was a minor at the hands of producer Luis de Llano.

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In a statement signed by Sokol, Alix Bauer, Diego Schoening, Mariana Garza, Erik Rubín, and Benny Ibarra, the singers noted that the series chose to "distort" what they lived through together, leaving aside the magic that made Timbiriche an "endearing" group, and they criticized the fact that it focused on a "deeply painful" episode, handled in an "irresponsible way."

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"Let us remember that Mexico is one of the countries with the most cases of child abuse in the world. A television show that tries to turn that pain into entertainment does not contribute to preventing them and re-victimizes those who lived through it," they stated.

Likewise, they clarified that the problem is not that "uncomfortable stories should stop being told; it is about questioning how they are told."

"The Timbiriche series was not by Timbiriche," they declared.

The statement comes nearly a month after the October 9 premiere of 'Timbiriche,' an eight-episode production on the ViX platform that recreates the rise and peak of the Mexican youth group during the 1980s, as well as some personal conflicts of its members.

The fiction, produced by El Estudio and directed by Humberto Hinojosa, includes the relationship between Sokol and De Llano, who was the group's producer when he began to become involved with the singer, who was a minor at that time.

Before the premiere, the six artists had already expressed their rejection of the production and clarified that they did not participate in its creation, were not consulted, and did not authorize the use of their identities to tell their stories.

Those responsible for the series defended that it is a work of fiction inspired by real events and built from public information, in which some events and characters were modified.

The controversy is preceded by the judicial process that Sokol undertook against De Llano for the abuse she reported suffering when she was 14 and he was an adult.

In June 2025, the Supreme Court upheld a civil judgment against the producer for moral damages, which included compensation, a public apology, and the obligation to refrain from mentioning the singer.

The resolution also established a precedent regarding the non-statute of limitations for civil actions related to child sexual abuse.

In their new statement, the members of Timbiriche highlighted precisely Sokol's legal battle and considered that that process, more than the series, will be what remains in the public memory, and they trust that "soon there will be no talk of the series."

"We are convinced that the memory of the person who raised her voice will remain, as well as the conversation that it generated, and how her fight reached the Supreme Court, opening a new path of justice for other victims," they expressed.

Finally, they thanked their fans for their support and announced that in 2027 they will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Timbiriche, a group that emerged in Mexico in 1982 and became one of the main phenomena of Latin American pop. EFE