A year after the rape charges against him were dropped by the Supreme Court, TV host and actor Vhong Navarro scored another legal victory on Thursday against businessman Cedric Lee, Deniece Cornejo, and two others.
GMA News Online looked back on how it all started.January 17, 2014 — Navarro visited model Deniece Cornejo , whom he had known two years ago but had the chance to get in touch again two months prior, at her Forbeswood Heights Condominium in Taguig City at 10:30 p.m.In his sworn affidavit, Navarro said the two of them drank wine and had consensual oral sex. Cornejo, meanwhile, in her complaint, said she was raped by Navarro.
Lee, however, insisted he was not arrested but "gave up voluntarily." He also said he was not hiding in Eastern Samar but was merely attending a business engagement there.May 5, 2014 — Cornejo voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine National Police and filed her petition for bail. Cornejo was accused of serious illegal detention, a non-bailable offense.
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