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Businessman Cedric Lee and former model Deniece Cornejo were found guilty in the serious illegal detention case filed by television and comedian Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro.
They were also ordered to pay Navarro P100,000 in civil indemnity, P100,000 in moral damages, and P100,000 in exemplary damages. The court likewise canceled the bail bond of the accused. “All monetary awards shall earn a legal interest rate of six percent per annum from the finality of the judgment until fully paid,” the court stated.Navarro’s legal counsel Alma Mallonga said he did not attend the hearing, but her client welcomed the decision.
In July 2018, a separate court in Taguig also found Lee, Cornejo, and co-accused Jed Fernandez guilty of grave coercion. They were sentenced to “suffer the indeterminate penalty of six months of arresto mayor as minimum, to three years and six months of prision correccional medium as maximum.”Both cases of grave coercion and serious illegal detention stemmed from the January 22, 2014 mauling of Navarro inside Forbeswood Heights Condominium in Taguig City, where Cornejo stayed.
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