‘Tara sa condo... dala ka foods’ (Sina Vhong, Deniece at si Cedric) (Ika-apat na bahagi)

SA PAGPAPATULOY ng seryeng ito… matapos naming maitampok ang salaysay ni Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro na kanyang ibinigay sa NBI-NCR, sa ngalan ng parehas na pamamahayag narito naman ang reklamo ni Deniece Cornejo at ang kanyang bersyon ng insidente sa umano’y ‘rape’ na naganap sa loob ng condo.

Complaint-affidavit

I, DENIECE MILLINETTE CORNEJO, Filipino, of legal age, after having sworn in accordance with law, depose and state that:

I am  working  student from  La Salle,  but  not  currently enrolled and  work as a motivational speaker and an aspiring model for various brands.

As a motivational speaker, I am invited to speak before difference audiences with the aim of providing them with tools to enhance themselves and strengthen their character. On the other hand, as an aspiring model, I am exposed to various promotional endorsements and product launches.

It was through one of these product launches that I first met Kuya Vhong.

Sometime in the year 2011, during an event in Glorietta by the shoe brand VANS, of which Kuya Vhong was an endorser, I was shopping for shoes for my brothers when Kuya Vhong exclaimed, “Ang ganda talaga…” while staring at me. His companion, Xanjo Marudo, without introductions, suddenly asked me, “Para sa boyfriend mo?” After that incident, I noticed that Kuya Vhong kept trying to follow wherever I went at the event.

During the same event, personnel from VANS asked for my mobile number, and I, being an aspiring model, obliged. To my surprise days later, someone called me saying, “Hi Denise, this is Vhong.” I was surprised by how he was able to obtain my number and deduced that he obtained it from the VANS promotional event where I first saw him. His intention for calling according to him was to ask me out for a date.

Later on, he become a follower of my fan page and got into the habit of sending SMS messages under the guise of asking me how I was and trying to be friends with me. Out of courtesy, I would occasionally reply with curt and nonchalant replies since I did not want to seem like a snob and in keeping with status as a  motivational speaker and role model. I also felt obliged to reply to his incessant messages because of his celebrity status.

I remember one incident in the year 2012, while I was having dinner with my then boyfriend in a restaurant in Makati near the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Kuya Vhong together with his friends, waved at me and instinctively I waved back.

Several months later in the year 2013, I decided to join an instant messaging application called Viber and surprisingly through Viber, Kuya Vhong sent me a message saying, “Si Vhong ito, kamusta ka na?” And then after that, a long series of messages were sent by Kuya Vhong to me asking me out to dinner and drinks. Not stopping there, Kuya Vhong also sent me personal messages through the social networking site Facebook with similar messages.

I noticed that the Facebook private messages from the Kuya Vhong came  from his personal account and this he cannot deny. It was an ordeal that I had to  contend with Kuya Vhong’s incessant desire to take me out in dinner or drinks via all possible technology including but no limited to Viber, Facebook and SMS.

As  I  thought  the  messages  between  us  were  only considered as a communications between friends, I obliged to reply to some of his messages but always declined his invitations to go out with him by saying that I had a lot to do or was busy as I was really busy with my work and studies. Kuya Vhong would always retort, “Drawing ka naman…” by which I suppose he meant that I was simply making excuses.

 This exchange of messages between us continued for sometime, until I eventually began to think that Kuya Vhong was a nice guy. Thereafter, we became friends and would chat or talk on  the phone on a semi-regular basis.

 Little did I know that this friendly banter would result in a very traumatic and regrettable experience in the month of January 2014.

 A few days before January 17, 2014, Kuya Vhong called me again with the intention of asking me out on a date. By then I was already comfortable with my semi-regular conversations with him given that we were in constant communication with each other so I accepted his invitation to go out on a date on Friday, January 17. I   had already made plans to meet up with a girl friend on Friday night so I knew I would not be alone with him.

 Kuya Vhong told me, “Ang problema kasi ayaw ko matsismis.” I realized also that it might be better not to go out in public because we might get talked about because Kuya Vhong’s celebrity status, so we decided to stay at my condominium unit at Forbeswood, BGC, Taguig City.

 On 17 January 2014, I went out for dinner with a couple of friends in the Fort area. Later that night, my girl friend called me and said that she will try her best to come over that night and I told her that I would wait for her. After a few minutes, Kuya Vhong called me up  and  said  that  he  was  already  downstairs  in  the  lobby.  I went down to the lobby to meet him and even introduced him to the guard on duty.

 When we reached my unit, Kuya Vhong went inside and sat down  on the sofa while I closed the door behind me, but leaving it unlocked,  which is my habit  whenever  I have visitors over.  I went over to my study table and continued doing some work on my laptop while waiting for my girl friend to arrive.

  Kuya Vhong had brought a bottle of wine with him and offered it to me.  He poured some wine for himself   and I declined since I am not really a drinker.  During this time, I was still pre-occupied with some work and did not join Kuya Vhong in the living area, which is why he commented to me, “Ano ba yan…magkikita tayo tapos trabaho ng trabaho. Hindi ka nag-eentertain ah.”

  I replied  that  we were  still  waiting  for  my  girl friend to arrive that’s why I was still finishing some work before we could all hang out.  Kuya Vhong  remarked,  “Ah talaga,  akala ko  tayong  dalawa lng.” I told him no, my friend said she’s still coming over. So I continued with my work while kuya Vhong tried to make light conversation with me.

After some time, my   girl  friend called and  said  that she wouldn’t be able to join us  anymore  because it was already late. I   told Kuya Vhong  that  my  friend could  no  longer  make it so I told him, “I’m sorry but you have to go na rin. Maaga pa ako bukas, pasensya na kasi late na rin.”  Kuya Vhong teased me saying, “Ikaw    ah, kala mo parang hindi naman kapatid trato ko sayo. Anong feeling mo may gagawin ako sayo?” I asked him to leave.

He tried to insist that I let him stay longer and even made jokes about sleeping over, which I just dismissed as playful banter. I told him, “No, di talaga pwede” so finally Kuya Vhong conceded and said “Cge, next time na lang.

Bumawi ka sa akin.” Thereafter, Kuya Vhong left my unit by himself.

ABANGAN sa BIYERNES ang karugtong ng mga pahayag ni Deniece Cornejo sa kanyang ‘Reklamong-Salaysay’ laban kay Vhong Navarro sa kasong umano’y panggagahasa. EKSKLUSIBO dito lang sa ‘CALVENTO FILES sa PSNGAYON’.

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