Darryl Yap pleads not guilty in Vic Sotto’s cyberlibel case

Darryl Yap. Photograph of his Fb -page

Darryl Yap entered a non-guilty plea for 2 counts of Cyberlibel that was submitted in opposition to him by skilled actor and TV host Vic Sotto As a result of controversial teaser of “The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma” (tropp).

Yap’s authorized adviser, Atty. Raymond Fortun, confirmed his consumer’s plea to the press after the preliminary information on the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Courtroom (RTC) Department 203 on Tuesday 3 June.

Atty. Fortun shared {that a} obligatory brokerage convention will happen to debate the potential of settlement earlier than the primary listening to deliberate for 19 August.

“There’s at all times room for association. There’s at all times room for events to reconcile and what’s essential is the willingness of every celebration to return to issues that had been beforehand peaceable,” he mentioned.

Sotto’s lawyer, Atty. Enrique Dela Cruz, however, mentioned that he and his consumer nonetheless have to debate the amicable scheme.

“The final time we spoke, he mentioned, let’s proceed with the decide. Let the courts resolve,” he shared.

YAP was accused of violations of articles 353 and 355 (defamation) of the revised Code of Prison Legislation, in reference to the violation of the cyber crime regulation.

The court docket of Muntinlupa initially revealed an arrest warrant in opposition to YAP on 19 March. Nonetheless, the director positioned preventive bail a complete of ₱ 20,000 – ₱ 10,000 for every rely – in order that the court docket led the order.

The case stem from the 19 counts of complaints from Cyberlibel, submitted by Sotto in January, the place he claimed that Yap’s Teaser depicted him because the supposed rapist of the late horny star of the late 80s, Pepsi Paloma.

The teaser dramatized an alternate between actress Gina Alajar, who performed Charito Solis, and Rhed Bustraamente, who portrayed the late younger Paloma, who is claimed to have raped Sotto the latter.

Three years after the alleged rape, Paloma died in her personal home in Quezon Metropolis. /EDV