Monday, Berto’s openness came back to haunt him.
He was distressed when he learned that former lightweight champion Edwin Valero had committed suicide in his jail cell in Venezuela, a day after Valero was accused of murdering his wife, Jennifer Viera.On Monday morning, Berto wrote the following on Twitter: “R.I.P to Edwin Valero after killing his wife yesterday he just killed himself in jail today. WOW women are a [expletive] boy RIP E.V.”The backlash against Berto, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, was fast and furious and it wasn’t long before he deleted the tweet and offered condolences to Valero and Viera and their families.
His comment was clearly in outrageously bad taste, particularly when referring to a murder victim.
He was distressed when he learned that former lightweight champion Edwin Valero had committed suicide in his jail cell in Venezuela, a day after Valero was accused of murdering his wife, Jennifer Viera.On Monday morning, Berto wrote the following on Twitter: “R.I.P to Edwin Valero after killing his wife yesterday he just killed himself in jail today. WOW women are a [expletive] boy RIP E.V.”The backlash against Berto, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, was fast and furious and it wasn’t long before he deleted the tweet and offered condolences to Valero and Viera and their families.
His comment was clearly in outrageously bad taste, particularly when referring to a murder victim.
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