Mexican actor Polo Morín opens up about being outed, blackmailed, and having his nudes leaked
Attitude, the 31-year-old star opened up about being hacked and blackmailed in the early days of his career, and how the experience drew him to the story of his upcoming project, the romance novel adaptation Red White And Royal Blue.
A post shared by Attitude Magazine (@attitudemag)It was 2014, and Morín had a few years of television acting under his belt when a blackmailer threatened to leak screengrabs from a nude webcam session unless the actor paid up.
At first, he thought it was a hoax, but the extortionist eventually released the images.“I was so, so depressed and there was nothing I could do,” Morín told Attitude. “There was no law that covered that area.”At the time, the actor was closeted.
Though it’s said he was “engaged in sexual acts” with another man in the cam session, only images of Morín were released, so he managed to keep his sexuality a secret. “They couldn’t see who I was with,” he shared. “I thought, ‘Yeah, well, I was masturbating.
