The Supreme Court has acquitted a broadcast journalist of libel filed by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia based on a newspaper column published in a local newspaper in 2007.
Leo Lastimosa was sued for libel for a column written in Cebuano entitled, Doling the Thief [translated in the Supreme Court decision from "Doling Kawatan], that was about the events in the life of a fish monger.
Garcia, in a case filed before the Regional Trial Court Branch 14, said that the column was written "with malicious intent of exposing her to public contempt and ridicule[,] did then and there willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously compose, prepare, write, publish and cause to be composed, prepared, written and published.
"In the present case, there is no question that Garcia was not explicitly referred to in the article "Si Doling Kawatan," said Caguioa. "The Decision dated July 27, 2016 and Resolution dated August 2, 2017 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEBCR No. 02233 are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Accordingly, petitioner Leo A. Lastimosa is ACQUITTED of the crime charged. Let entry of judgment be issued immediately," he added.
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