He was christened “Thumbelina” in the 1950s, after starring in a Class B film that immortalized him. You wouldn’t believe why crime was convicted in 2002.
He served a sentence of 18 years, 4 months and 15 days, after being found guilty of various crimes, on April 30, 2002. The trial was held in Merida, Yucatan, and the plaintiff was no more. no less than his second wife. Cesáreo Quezadas never imagined that he would end up in prison and, despite the evidence presented by the prosecution, insists that he is innocent.
According to coverage by the “Ventaneando” program, the 71-year-old actor recently regained his freedom and when it comes to tackling it, he said he felt mixed emotions. Not only did he feel joy to enjoy freedom again, but also uncertainty and anger, because he assures us that the crimes he was charged with never happened.
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And go that the accusations of his ex-wife Claudia are harsh, as the famous child artist of the 50s and 60s was prosecuted for rape, rape and child pornography, to the detriment of five of his six children.
Cesareo Quezadas arose in the film industry of Mexico as the protagonist of the film “Pulgarcito” -from the director, actor, producer, screenwriter, screenwriter and film editor of the Golden Age René Cardona, in 1957. His angelic face and innocence made him quickly in a habitual star of the infantile sort.
The actor was recently released from prison at the age of 71. Photo / Instagram @revistatvnotas
He also performed in the band “El nen rossinyol” from Spain, Joselito, and the Spanish actress and singer Marisol.
For at least a decade, Quezadas managed to shine in Mexican cinema, until his appearance began to change and job offers stopped coming. Faced with a lack of work, the actor sank into the world of crime and fell into disgrace after perpetrating a robbery in early 1971.
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Fearing he had caused a homicide (which in the end was not) he turned himself in to authorities and confessed to his crime. After this event, the one arrives to him what would be the last opportunity to work in the cinema in 1973, “We the ugly ones” of the director Ismael Rodriguez.
Quezadas (i) and Joselito in the film “The Adventures of Joselito in America”. Photo / Cinematographic Filmex SA
Then it would be news again, after being accused by his second wife, with whom he had two children – with the first he fathered four. The designer and photographer discovers a video in which Quezadas appears sexually abusing one of his three daughters, an audiovisual that was key in the legal process that ended in his sentence in prison.
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After his release, the Mexican said that everything was created to accuse him and that nothing he was accused of was true. The former child star paid his sentence at the Merida Rehabilitation Center, according to notes published in various local media.
Cesáreo Quezadas (i) in the film Santa Claus of 1959. Photocapture / Churubusco Studies