After posting a suicide note on Twitter, the founder and bassist of Mexican rock band Botellita de Jerez, Armando Vega Gil, killed himself on Monday.
The 64-year-old on his post said he was falsely and anonymously accused of sexually abusing a minor.
He was then found dead at his Mexico City home.
The accusations, according to the deceased musician, were via the #MeTooMusicosMexicanos (#MeTooMexicanMusicians) Twitter hashtag of abusing and harassing a woman when she was 13-years-old.
“I will say this categorically, this accusation is false,” Vega Gil’s letter said. “Let me make it clear that my death is not a confession of guilt, on the contrary it is a radical declaration of my innocence. I just want to clear the path my son will walk in the future.”
Vega Gil’s death sparked an acrimonious debate on Mexican social media. Some argued that if he was innocent he should have cleared his name in Mexico’s justice system, while others said the court of public opinion, especially online, had already found him guilty and permanently muddied his reputation.