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MANILA, Philippines - Sexual harassment
complaint filed by ABS-CBN Showbiz news reporter Gretchen Fullido against a former executive of
ABS-CBN and Network segment producer has now been finally charged by the Quezon
City Prosecutor’s office.
The investigating prosecutors objected with the
network’s management decision to dismiss Fullido’s sexual harassment charge
against Cheryl Favila, a former executive of the station and segment producer
Maricar Asprec. They said elements of the crime under Republic Act 7877 or the
Anti-Sexual Harassment Act exist in the case. According to Philstar
report.
The report also said that Favila’s messages to
Ms. Fullido “signify double meaning as
they contain sexual undertones.”
The prosecutors also considered the messages as
a “request for sexual favors” sent by a superior with authority or moral
ascendancy in the workplace.
Both Favila and Asprec allegedly “made it difficult” for
Fullido to work as a reporter and anchor for the network’s nightly news program
when she rejected their advances.
Aside from Favila and
Asprec, Fullido also filed libel charges against ABS-CBN executives Cecilia
Drilon and Venancio Borromeo as well as news reporter Marie Lozano, whom she
accused of besmirching her reputation by claiming that she was using the sexual
harassment complaint she initially filed with ABS-CBN to leverage her
employment status.
The said case has also
been previously recommended by the Government
prosecutor for filing of libel charges against ABS-CBN executives Cecilia Drilon and Venancio
Borromeo, and news reporter Marie Lozano.
Quezon City prosecutors believed that the three
acted in bad faith when they made statements against Fullido during the
network’s internal probe into the sexual harassment complaint against the
two former executives.
Source: Philstar
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