Inés Gómez Mont, on the run after being accused of embezzling $146m
A Mexican television host who famously proposed to Tom Brady
in a wedding dress is reportedly on the run for allegedly embezzling billions
of pesos.
Inés Gómez Mont and her husband, Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga,
a lawyer, are accused of embezzling nearly 3 billion pesos ($146 million USD)
from the Ministry of the Interior in 2016 and ’17, according to Uno TV via
People.
TVNotas reported the couple fled Mexico a week after a
federal judge issued a warrant for their arrest on Sept. 10. According to Vice,
the two are believed to be in the United States. Gómez Mont wrote on Instagram
that her and her husband “have not had access to that warrant, nor the proof
that justifies it,” adding that they “are preparing to face this process and
exercise all our rights.
Gómez Mont and Álvarez Puga reportedly could face between 20
and 60 years in prison if convicted.
Gómez Mont made headlines in 2008, when she showed up to
Patriots-Giants Super Bowl press conference to propose to then-Patriots
quarterback Tom Brady.
She wore a wedding dress and told the current Buccaneers
quarterback she loved him. Brady politely turned her down and said, “I’m a one
woman man” — referring to his relationship with then girlfriend Gisele
Bundchen. Brady and Bunchen became engaged in January 2009, and tied the knot
the very next month.
Meanwhile, when Brady turned down Gómez Mont’s proposal, she
move on to Giants quarterback Eli Manning with a “Marry Me Manning” shirt.
Both Uno TV and Animal Pólitico reported the Mexican
Attorney General’s Office is requesting that Interpol, the international
criminal police organization, issue international location and capture orders
against Gómez Mont and Álvarez Puga.
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