Roxanne Cabanero's camp stood by it's statement that Roxanne was at the Millenia Suites last April 24, 2010.
According to Roxanne's lawyer Atty. Virgilio Batalla, Millenia Suites already admitted that they billeted the Miss Bikini Philippines pageant contestants before.
This contradict to Slimmers World International's statement, the organizer of Miss Bikini Philippines, where Roxanne joined the pageant.
The statement said that "Miss Bikini Philippines was not billeted in Astoria Plaza on 24 April 2010 and was nowhere near the perimeters of the said area nor was in Pasig City on such date."
Atty. Batalla also have stated earlier that her client got confused about the hotel where the pageant contestants checked in.
About the libel and perjury case Vhong Navarro's camp is planning to file, Atty. Batalla reacted that Vhong's camp has a right to file such case. But he asked, "have you seen the grand design?" Batalla said Vhong's camp resorted to misleading the public that the rape happened on April 24 but its not. Second, Vhong's camp discredit the reputation of his client, but there are certain elements to a crime of rape wherein a prostitute can even file a rape case. He exampled the case of Mike Tyson where Tyson got jailed because he raped a prostitute. And lastly, he said that all this time, they are threatening his client which is in violation of a code of lawyer.
So the big question is if its not April 24 then when? Atty. Batalla said its very clear that they did not mention any specific date but its also clear that April 24 was the date written on the affidavit filed by Roxanne Cabanero. It is really somewhat confusing.
Atty. Batalla explained why his client, Roxanne Cabanero could not remember the hotel and the date of the alleged rape clearly because Roxanne is "probinsyana". Probinsiyana in a sense that it's just her second time in Manila during the pageant, and a rape victim is psychologically shocked that there is a big tendency for her to get confused about the details of what happened during when she was raped.
Atty. Batalla also clarified that his client has no connection whatsoever to Cedric Lee despite allegations of Vhong's camp that Roxanne's actions were all Cedric Lee's plans.
Atty. Batalla also commented about the nude pictures of Roxanne around the internet. He said that it is immaterial and irrelevant since prostitutes can even file a rape complaint.
He added that their camp is confident that they have a case! He said they will not file a complaint if its baseless anyway.
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