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And then makikita dito na ang umalis na lang si Bernice Lee.
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Hindi na lumabas sa kondo ni Denise Cornejo yung dalawang lalaki na kasama ni Bernice Lee.
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Tapos dumating din si Vong Navarro a few minutes later.
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And within 1 minute after Vong arrives, umalis si Denise Cornejo ng kanyang kondo at lumabas ng building.
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Tapos pumasok naman si Cedric Lee.
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At from here, Cedric goes in and out of the kondo several times and eventually goes out with Bernice to pick up Denise Cornejo.
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At from here, eventually after 30 minutes, nilabas nila si Vong Navarro.
01:39.8
Bug-bug sarado for 30 minutes.
01:42.9
Tapos pumunta sila sa police station na pinaamin nila si Vong Navarro na ginahasa daw niya si Denise Cornejo.
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Ano ang salaysay ni Denise Cornejo?
01:50.5
Kaya na sinubukan daw siyang i-rape ni Vong Navarro noong January 22.
01:55.1
At swerte na lang daw na dumating daw si Cedric Lee noong time na yon.
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At sabi ni Cedric na nakita daw niya nakababa daw ang shorts ni Vong Navarro.
02:03.3
Kaya doon daw niyang ginulpi si Vong Navarro dahil nanlaban daw si Vong at gumawa siya ng citizen's arrest.
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Pero yung problema dito ay doon pa lang sa kanilang testimonya.
02:12.9
Ay hindi nagtutugma sa nakikita natin sa CCTV.
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Dahil ang CCTV hindi nagsisinungaling.
02:18.9
At least pwedeng i-doktor yun.
02:20.5
From the time na nakuha nila yung footage at tinignan yung ebidensya,
02:24.0
mahirap doktorin yung ganyang klaseng video footage.
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At dito natin nakikita yung inconsistency nung sinasabi ni Denise Cornejo na kiniklaim niya na may attempted rape daw noong January 22.
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At sinabi din ni Denise Cornejo na na-rape daw siya noong January 17.
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Okay, so ito lahat ng mga inconsistencies dito.
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Unang-una, if she was raped noong January 17, bakit pa niya inimbita noong January 22 si Vong Navarro?
02:48.5
At didagdag natin doon yung pagdadaan.
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Gating ni Cedric Lee an hour after umalis si Vong Navarro noong January 17.
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If she was raped, wouldn't she have told her good friend na Cedric Lee kung ano nangyari?
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O kaya natuklasan ni Cedric Lee?
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At friends lang daw sila.
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Kung totoong na-rape siya noong 17, so ang ginawa ni Cedric Lee ay pinabalik niya si Vong Navarro.
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So pinlano nga nila.
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So ibig sabihin nun, pinlano nga nila kung pinabalik nila si Vong Navarro para gulpihin at gumawa ng citizen's arrest.
03:17.8
So hindi pa rin tama yung kwento nila.
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Na may attempted rape noong January 22.
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Kung pinlano pala nila to.
03:25.4
So bakit nila to ginawa kay Vong Navarro?
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Pagbalik nila sa kondo ni Denise Cornejo, after dinala si Vong Navarro sa presinto,
03:32.4
makikita dito na hinahalikan pa at nilalambing pa ni Cedric Lee sa Denise Cornejo.
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Ganyan ba ang paglambing ng magkaibigan?
03:39.0
Kaya kung ako lang tingin ko kung ano nangyari, and I think everyone's thinking this anyway,
03:42.9
something happened between Denise Cornejo and Vong Navarro.
03:45.5
They had some sort of a fling.
03:46.9
Tapos nalaman ni Cedric Lee.
03:49.2
Nakarelasyon din ni Denise Cornejo.
03:51.2
That's already had some dealings with the law.
03:53.5
Noong 2008, meron din siyang ginulpe na kasosyo niya, isang Philippine athlete na si David Buenavax.
03:59.7
Dahil lumalabas na parang nagnakaw ng pera si na David Buenavax at yung asawa niya sa kumpanya na tinayo nila ni na Cedric Lee.
04:06.0
Dahil doon, umalis na si David Buenavax at bumunta sa States.
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Ibang kwento yan ha.
04:09.3
Pero idadagdag ko lang dyan sa kwentong yan.
04:11.0
Na si David Buenavax nagsalita din eventually nung nangyari to kay Vong Navarro na sinasabi nga niya na
04:16.5
ganyan talaga to si Cedric Lee na meron siyang history na ganyan.
04:20.5
The irony is, David Buenavax, who has been accused of misusing company money, is now in jail in the States.
04:28.0
Dahil nagnakaw siya ng over $35 million sa kanyang mga investors na sinabi niya magtatayo daw siya ng cannabis vaping business.
04:36.8
Na siya rin ay nakakulong for 17 years.
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Ang pinapakita ko lang dito, no, that Cedric Lee has a history of violence already.
04:44.6
And these are just the cases that we know about.
04:46.3
At pag tinignan mo yung text message na kay Vong Navarro at yung mga veiled threats,
04:50.5
na binigay niya kay Vong Navarro pag hindi si Vong magbayad nung 1 million pesos kay Denise Cornejo para sa mga damages.
04:57.1
Ang sinabi niya kay Vong ay tanungin daw ni Vong yung kanilang mga common friends kung ano daw yung kaya niyang gawin o kaya niyang ipatupad.
05:03.7
At kung anong klaseng tao daw siya, that he is a man of his word.
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Pero alam mo yung interesting na napansin ko dito sa text na to, ay yung pag-deny niya na extortionist daw siya.
05:12.9
That hindi daw siya extortionist.
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Pero wala namang sinasabi si Vong.
05:16.3
Usually ang isang tao, no, na wala ka namang sinasabi.
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Kung ang isang tao ay magnanakaw o hindi at biglang sinasabi niya na hindi siya magnanakaw.
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Siya nag-volunteer ng informasyon na gano'n.
05:25.9
Siya mismo iniisip niya may ginagawa na siyang kalokohan.
05:28.4
It's like a subconscious eh, speaking out.
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Or in a way like a Freudian slip.
05:33.0
After lahat na ito, nagsampa si Denise Cornejo ng kaso laban kay Vong Navarro for rape and alleged rape.
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But the prosecutor dismissed the complaint immediately.
05:42.9
Hindi na ito nakarating sa trial dahil ang laki ng mga inconsistencies sa kwento ni Denise Cornejo.
05:48.6
And they affirmed this dismissal in 2018 and 2020 by filing a resolution.
05:54.5
Pero what's more interesting is this.
05:56.1
Dito mo makikita kung gaano ka-impluensya at gaano ka makapangyarihan si Cedric Lee
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na yung Court of Appeals on July 21, 2022,
06:06.4
biglang ni-reverse yung dismissal ng rape complaint ni Denise Cornejo against Vong Navarro.
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And ordered the prosecutor to file rape charges against the actor.
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Tapos by September 20, 2022,
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Vong Navarro was detained for these charges.
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Tapos by December 25, 2022,
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which is over two months of detention,
06:27.0
pinayagan din si Vong Navarro mag-bail para sa kanyang temporary freedom while the case is ongoing.
06:32.3
At kaya pumayag yung judge na makapag-bail si Vong Navarro
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dahil sinasabi niya dito that the credibility of the complainant is the single most important issue of rape
06:40.9
and that the evidence presented is too weak para i-detain si Vong Navarro.
06:45.6
Yung palang nakikita ng anong judge na,
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mahina nga yung kaso na kaya na nga hindi natuloy nung una
06:52.1
dahil yung prosecutor sinasabi nga niya na mahina nga yung kaso, walang kaso to.
06:55.7
Bakit binaliktad ng Court of Appeals yung pag-dismiss ng rape charge against Vong Navarro?
07:00.1
So, nag-iisip ako dito, no?
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Dito mo nakikita kung gaano ka makapangyarihan si Cedric Lee.
07:06.1
Para ma-reverse yan.
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I mean, I can't imagine how anyone would see it any other way.
07:12.1
Ano ba yan? Baka may special favor siyang hiningi?
07:15.1
May na-bribe siya doon sa Court of Appeals?
07:17.1
O kaya may bias lang talaga? Hindi natin masabi.
07:21.1
Tapos in February 2023, yung Supreme Court na mismo,
07:25.1
dinismiss nila yung rape charges against Vong Navarro.
07:29.1
At sinabi nila dito, according to the SCA,
07:31.1
the Court of Appeals gravely erred in ordering the DOJ to revive the rape case despite Cornejo's inconsistencies.
07:39.1
Indeed, no amount of skillful or artful deportment, manner of speaking, or portrayal in a subsequent court proceeding
07:45.1
could supplant Cornejo.
07:47.1
Although the jurisdictions played a big pro milliards of these charges against her,
07:51.1
and by integrity,
08:05.1
it was so clear that the facts on the misdemeanorVong Navarro case
08:08.1
could also that the chief counsel had no your?".
08:11.1
At sa I Convet altre MCокie Rojas,
08:14.1
Where did you learn I don't know what you did,
08:16.0
Did can't you promise?
08:17.1
such parameters when it substituted
08:19.3
its own judgment for that
08:21.1
of the prosecutor's findings
08:22.7
of lack of probable cause
08:24.9
against Navarro. Galing na yan sa
08:27.0
Supreme Court. So that's regarding the rape case.
08:29.4
Ngayon pag-usapan natin yung serious illegal
08:31.1
detention na sinampan ni
08:32.9
Vaughn Navarro against Denise Cornejo
08:35.0
and Cedric Lee. Unang-unang
08:36.8
nakakapagtaka is that nakapag-bail
08:39.0
si Denise Cornejo at Cedric Lee
08:43.2
Tapos ang rason na binigay nila ay
08:44.9
kahit na daw totoong ang na-detain
08:47.2
si Vaughn Navarro, may
08:48.9
posibilidad daw na yung detention is
08:50.9
because of the citizen's arrest
08:52.5
and not for the purpose of kidnapping daw.
08:54.8
Kaya nila ina-uphold daw
08:56.4
yung desisyon para payagan
08:58.7
makapag-post ng bail si Denise Cornejo at
09:00.7
si Cedric Lee. Ngayon mag-fast forward na tayo
09:02.8
to May 2, 2024 which is just
09:04.8
a few days ago. Nagkaroon ng finality
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well, fairly close to finality
09:09.0
when that a gig RTC
09:10.3
convicts Cedric Lee, Denise
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Cornejo, Ferdinand Guerrero,
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Simeon Raz of serious illegal
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detention. At ang sentensya nila
09:18.5
ay reclusion perpetua.
09:21.0
Ang ibig sabihin nun ay
09:22.6
it is a maximum of 40 years
09:24.7
with a possible parole after 30 years.
09:27.1
Iba po yun sa life imprisonment.
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Pero 40 years is a long time.
09:30.8
So Cedric Lee is most likely mid-40s
09:33.2
right now. So that means by the time
09:34.9
he gets out, he'll be 85 years old.
09:37.3
That's pretty much life in prison.
09:38.9
At pati kay Denise Cornejo, senior citizen na siya
09:41.1
bago siya makakalabas.
09:43.0
Ngayon tignan naman natin kung bakit binigyan sila
09:44.9
na itong sentensyang to.
09:46.1
According to section 1 of article 267 of the
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revised penal code, a person who commits
09:51.1
serious illegal detention
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refers to any private individual
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who kidnaps, detains, or deprives
09:57.0
another individual of his liberty.
09:59.1
Any situation that falls under
10:00.9
any of the following criteria is
10:02.8
considered as such. So ibig sabihin
10:05.0
kahit na isa lang dito ang
10:06.8
matupad, that can be considered as
10:08.8
serious illegal detention. Una-una
10:10.9
if kidnapping or detention lasted for
10:12.9
more than 3 days, hindi nangyari yun.
10:14.9
Kasi he was only detained for 30
10:17.0
minutes. Pangalawa, if kidnapping or
10:19.0
detention was made to look like it was done by a
10:21.0
public authority figure, hindi din nangyari yun.
10:23.2
If the kidnapper detained was seriously
10:24.8
physically injured or
10:26.8
threatened with death, yun nangyari yun.
10:29.3
Kitang-kita naman natin
10:30.6
yung pagbubugbog kay Vong Navarro
10:33.0
malala po, yung para po siyang
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naaksidente and it required
10:36.8
surgery. At hindi lang yung physical
10:39.0
injury yung malala doon. Yung
10:40.6
emotional injury, malala
10:43.2
din yun. That's something that stays with you.
10:44.9
for a very long time. And if
10:47.1
the kidnapped or detained is a minor,
10:48.9
except when the accused is a parent, female, or
10:50.8
public officer, okay, so that doesn't apply.
10:53.0
So the one that really applies here to them is
10:54.9
if the kidnapped or detained
10:56.4
was seriously physically
10:58.7
injured or was even threatened with death.
11:01.2
That was proven beyond
11:03.0
a reasonable doubt. Kitang-kita
11:05.2
mo yung ebidensya sa mukha
11:06.7
ni Vong Navarro. Ngayon, bakit
11:08.9
reclusion perpetua? Dahil po dito sa
11:10.9
clause na to, the penalty shall
11:12.9
be reclusion perpetua to death.
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Where the kidnapping or detention was
11:16.7
committed for the purpose of extorting
11:18.6
ransom from the victim
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or any other person, even if
11:22.8
none of the circumstances above mentioned
11:24.7
were present in the commission of the offense.
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Yun po ang nagpalala
11:29.1
sa sentensya ni Denise
11:31.0
Cornejo at Cedric Lee. Dahil po
11:33.1
pinakita po at kitang-kita po sa
11:35.0
mga text messages, yung paghihingi
11:37.5
ng 1 million pesos
11:41.1
i-deposit sa account ni Denise Cornejo.
11:43.5
At dahil po doon, naaakit
11:44.9
naaresto na at nakulong na si Cedric
11:47.2
Lee at si Denise Cornejo at yung
11:48.9
kanilang mga kasamahan. At para lang sa
11:50.8
kaalaman ng lahat, si Cedric Lee
11:52.8
maraming hinaharap ng mga iba't ibang kaso.
11:55.3
Maraming kalukuhan ginawa to si
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Cedric Lee. Yung isa pang kaso na hinaharap
11:59.1
niya was from 2007
12:00.7
and he was found guilty of
12:03.0
malversion of public funds.
12:05.2
At he was sentenced to 18 years
12:07.0
already because of this.
12:09.1
And na-uphold na tong conviction niya
12:10.9
noong 2022. So nakakapagtaka
12:13.4
sa akin, ano? Na-convict
12:14.9
na siya, na-uphold pa yung conviction niya
12:16.8
in 2022 at dapat nakakulong
12:19.0
na siya for 18 years yet. It was
12:20.8
only now nakulong siya for
12:22.7
the case of serious illegal detention.
12:24.8
Pero dapat nakakulong na siya from this case alone.
12:27.2
Dito po natin nakikita kung
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gaano karami ang connection ni Cedric
12:31.1
Lee. At dito natin nakikita na
12:32.7
ang hustisya, paminsan-minsan talaga.
12:35.4
Kung ikaw ay isang tao na makapangyarihan
12:38.8
kaya mong takasa ng batas.
12:41.1
Ngayon kaklaruhin ko lang na hindi ko kilala si
12:42.8
Vaughn Navarro. He's not my friend. I don't know.
12:44.9
And I don't know if he's a rapist or not.
12:47.0
Or if he's raped women or not. I don't know.
12:49.3
Pero ito lang yung masasabi ko.
12:50.9
Whether he did any crime of rape
12:52.9
in the past or not, that has nothing to do
12:54.9
with this case. That is not what this
12:57.0
case is about. Not only that,
12:58.8
Cedric Lee was so hell-bent
13:01.1
on exacting revenge on Vaughn
13:02.9
Navarro. At sinabi niya na marami daw lumapit
13:04.8
sa kanya na nagsasabi daw na na-rape
13:06.8
daw sila ni Vaughn Navarro. Sa pera
13:08.8
at kapangyarihan ni Cedric Lee. Kung
13:10.8
totoo yun, I'm sure
13:12.9
ginawa niya ng paraan na tulungan yung mga
13:14.9
paing yan. Dahil gusto din niyang mapakulong
13:17.0
si Vaughn Navarro. Bakit hindi nangyari
13:18.9
yun? Pero ibang usapan yan.
13:20.7
Maybe in the future it could happen? We don't know.
13:23.5
Pero at least for the case of
13:24.9
serious illegal detention, and for the
13:26.8
injustice done to Vaughn Navarro in this
13:30.8
justice has been served.
13:33.5
At yan ang katotohanan.
