The Tejano Music Awards are walking back a controversial decision.On Wednesday, they announced they will no longer be presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award to
SBG San AntonioOn Wednesday, they announced they will no longer be presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award to Joe Lopez, a convicted sex offender.
“We were honoring him, you know, as, as an artist that had, you know, he transcended back in, you know, our music and in the beginning of the 80’s,” Mendoza said.In 2006, about 10 years after he left the group, Lopez was convicted on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child.The announcement Lopez was up for such an award caused major controversy.
Shame on the people that made the decision to have his name in contention. We cannot control somebody nominating but you have to have enough sense to realize what you’re doing and being accountable. This is a slap in the face to family decency and in some cases families who have been victims and after this person was convicted of a sexual crime, he should have never been allowed on the ballot.
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