Source: PDI
THE FIGHT ain’t over yet, as far as Katrina Halili’s lawsuit against Hayden Kho is concerned.
The 25-year-old actress recently filed a notice for appeal before the Pasig City Regional Trial Court, to have her case against Kho restudied.
In May 2009, Halili sued the cosmetic surgeon for allegedly violating Republic Act No. 9262 or the Anti-Violence Act Against Women and Children of 2004—at the height of the public scandal over a series of videos that showed Kho engaging in sexual acts with her and other women.
Last month, Judge Rodolfo Bonifacio of Branch 159 of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court dismissed the case for “insufficiency of evidence.”
Halili admitted she felt hurt when people said she was only exploiting the issue for personal gain. “Is admitting that you have a sex video something to be proud of? I’m not doing this to promote myself. This is about seeking justice from the person who has wronged me,” she told Inquirer Entertainment. “Before I decided to file this case, I had no work and contract with GMA 7, and only recently put my house on sale. I was only lucky that, shortly after this, I got a call from my GMA 7 bosses, who told me to get back to work …”
Her most recent acting stint was in the romantic drama “Beauty Queen” on the Kapuso network.
Grateful
She said she is grateful to the members of the human rights group Gabriela who showed their support by showing up at her court hearings.
“I met victims with similar cases in some of the sessions I’ve attended with Gabriela. One girl didn’t know that her boyfriend had videotaped her. When they broke up a year later, his new girlfriend decided to upload the sex video on the Net for everyone to see,” Halili recalled.
She wanted to make a stand, she said. Otherwise, “these horrible men will continue doing what they do.”
Well aware that her fight could go on for years, Halili declared, “I’m ready for anything … ’di na ako aatras. I’m prepared for the emotional stress … If I don’t do this, lalakas lang lalo ang loob niya (Kho).”
In November 2009, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) revoked Kho’s medical license due to the sex video scandal. In a resolution, the PRC’s Board of Medicine found the cosmetic surgeon guilty of committing “immorality, dishonorable and unethical conduct” after he recorded his most private moments with various women without their consent.”
Halili expressed one wish: “Sana maraming babaeng maging kasing kulit ko … We need to fight. I don’t want this to happen to anyone again.”
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THE FIGHT ain’t over yet, as far as Katrina Halili’s lawsuit against Hayden Kho is concerned.
The 25-year-old actress recently filed a notice for appeal before the Pasig City Regional Trial Court, to have her case against Kho restudied.
In May 2009, Halili sued the cosmetic surgeon for allegedly violating Republic Act No. 9262 or the Anti-Violence Act Against Women and Children of 2004—at the height of the public scandal over a series of videos that showed Kho engaging in sexual acts with her and other women.
Last month, Judge Rodolfo Bonifacio of Branch 159 of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court dismissed the case for “insufficiency of evidence.”
Halili admitted she felt hurt when people said she was only exploiting the issue for personal gain. “Is admitting that you have a sex video something to be proud of? I’m not doing this to promote myself. This is about seeking justice from the person who has wronged me,” she told Inquirer Entertainment. “Before I decided to file this case, I had no work and contract with GMA 7, and only recently put my house on sale. I was only lucky that, shortly after this, I got a call from my GMA 7 bosses, who told me to get back to work …”
Her most recent acting stint was in the romantic drama “Beauty Queen” on the Kapuso network.
Grateful
She said she is grateful to the members of the human rights group Gabriela who showed their support by showing up at her court hearings.
“I met victims with similar cases in some of the sessions I’ve attended with Gabriela. One girl didn’t know that her boyfriend had videotaped her. When they broke up a year later, his new girlfriend decided to upload the sex video on the Net for everyone to see,” Halili recalled.
She wanted to make a stand, she said. Otherwise, “these horrible men will continue doing what they do.”
Well aware that her fight could go on for years, Halili declared, “I’m ready for anything … ’di na ako aatras. I’m prepared for the emotional stress … If I don’t do this, lalakas lang lalo ang loob niya (Kho).”
In November 2009, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) revoked Kho’s medical license due to the sex video scandal. In a resolution, the PRC’s Board of Medicine found the cosmetic surgeon guilty of committing “immorality, dishonorable and unethical conduct” after he recorded his most private moments with various women without their consent.”
Halili expressed one wish: “Sana maraming babaeng maging kasing kulit ko … We need to fight. I don’t want this to happen to anyone again.”
