Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Scandal, — Who Is the High-Profile Mystery Personality, Suspected of Being Drug Supplier and Buyer of Sex Videos

 28 May 2009

Who is the high-profile personality whom Senator Jamby Madrigal suspects is the same person who supplied Hayden Kho with drugs and bought the Hayden Kho sex videos?

Did Erik Chua and/or Bistek Rosario sell the sex videos to the mystery high-profile personality as suspected by Hayden Kho?

In giving Erik Chua and Bistek Rosario the key to Hayden's apartment and asking that they retrieve the laptop and hard disk assigned to Hayden Kho, didn't Dr. Vicki Belo suspect that other sex videos would turn up?  There are questions generated by Dr. Belo's declarations in her affidavit. The public hopes that she's able to give the answers to these questions when she gives her testimony.

Let's press the Senate to continue conducting the Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili sex videos and drugs scandal in public. If he really exists, the public needs to know who that high-profile, mystery personality who supplied the drugs and bought the sex videos is.  

The transparency that Senator Madrigal wants to promote will be defeated once the public hearings turn into executive sessions.  So far, the Madrigal committee has done a good job in spite of what I'd say minor snafus such as the Afuang water-dousing incident.  

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance — vigilance by the people, not just by senators.  Let's support our senators, like Senators Jamby Madrigal, Bong Revilla and Jinggoy Estrada, who push for keeping the Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili as public as possible!

Please see my live blog post, Live Blog of Senate Hearing, Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Video Scandal May 28, 2009.

    

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Katrina Halili's Lawyer Atty. Raymund Palad Dares Dr. Hayden Kho and Mrs. Irene Kho to Submit to Drug Test with Katrina Halili

27 May 2009

Responding to allegations by Mrs. Irene Kho that it was actress Katrina Halili who supplied Hayden Kho with drugs and pushed him to become addicted, Atty. Raymund Palad, Halili's lawyer, has thrown the challenge to Hayden Kho and his mom to likewise submit themselves to a drug test together with the actress.

Atty. Palad received yesterday a subpoena from the PDEA for her client Katrina Halili to attend the investigation of the drug allegations.  Also subpoenaed to attend Friday's hearing at the PDEA are Dr. Hayden Kho and mom Irene Kho.

This is the video clip of the TV Patrol report via kyte.tv:

This controversy now moves one notch higher, from trading accusations to brinkmanship. 

The revelations and accusations by Mrs. Irene Kho have only served to harden each camp's positions and given other agencies of government such as the PDEA more than enough reason to enter the fray. 

We can only hope that the telling of the truth is enhanced in the process, that the necessary lessons are learned by all of us and that our nation comes out stronger because, and in spite of, this painful communal experience.       

  

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PDEA Enters the Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Sex Video Scandal — Issues Subpoenas for Friday Meet to Probe Charges of Drug Use

26 May 2009

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has issued subpoenas to Dr. Hayden Kho and to Katrina Halili summoning them to appear for investigation this coming Friday, May 29.  

The PDEA's entry into the controversy was occasioned by the admission of Hayden Kho's lawyer, Atty. Lorna Kapunan and by his own mother, Mrs. Irene Kho, that the doctor got hooked into drugs and their allegation that it was actress Katrina Halili who lured Hayden into using drugs in the first place. 

This is the video clip courtesy of GMAnews.tv:

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This move by PDEA is a welcome development. The way celebrities behave in public has a strong influence in modeling public behavior.  Somehow, their example affects what eventually becomes acceptable or not. Perhaps the public should now remind these stars that they are but mere mortals, that they're not above the law, and that their popularity will not shield them from a trip to prison if they insist on making that trip.     

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Atty. Raymund Palad Says Katrina Halili Will File Charges Against Hayden Kho and His Mom, Irene Kho, for Saying Katrina Got Hayden Addicted to Drugs

25 May 2009

GMAnews.tv is carrying this QTV video clip saying that Atty. Raymund Palad, lawyer of actress Katrina Halili will sue Hayden Kho and his mother, Irene Kho, for saying that Katrina pushed Hayden into using drugs.

This is a reaction by the Katrina Halili camp to the comments and charges made by Mrs. Irene Kho which aired over ABS-CBN's TV Patrol and Bandila earlier this evening.  My earlier post on Mrs. Irene Kho is here.

This is the video clip from GMAnews.tv:

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The transcript of the news report is here: (I'll do this when I return)

Is the Hayden Kho sex video scandal now turning into a networks war?  I hope it does not. The executives of ABS-CBN and GMA 7 should sit down immediately and come up with a common strategy to handle the ethical reporting of this brewing scandal. 

Public interest requires that this story be told, the lessons learned, the offenders held liable for their actions and the ends of justice served. But the telling should be done in a manner that showcases the best in Philippine journalism instead of highlighting the long-running fierce rivalry between the Philippines' top two networks. 

    

 

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Mrs. Irene Kho, Hayden Kho's Mom, Lashes Back Against Senator Bong Revilla, Lolit Solis and Katrina Halili

25 May 2009

Mrs. Irene Kho, Hayden Kho's mom, has come out in public expressing her anger over the brewing sex video scandal involving her son and several women including actress Katrina Halili.

These are the notes I took of her comments and allegations, addressed to Senator Bong Revilla, talent manager Lolit Solis and actress Katrina Halili, as aired over ABS-CBN's TV Patrol and just a few minutes ago, at Bandila.

Senator Bong Revilla

“Ang sakit mo magsalita! Para bang wala na ‘kong ginawang mabuti”

“Ang anak ko ay hindi ganu’n.”

Lolit Solis

Pagkatapos ng birthday ng anak ko, pinakumbida ka sa isang bahay.

Miss Solis, kumanta ka na!

Ang ginawa mo kay Katrina Halili ay ini-script mo … kung paano iiyak …

Kailangan umiyak ka … ipakita mo sa taumbayan …

Orchestrated ni Miss Lolit Solis ang reaction ni Katrina sa scandal.

Katrina Halili

Miss Katrina Halili, nabili na yang arte mo. .. Ikaw ang naglulong sa anak ko sa droga …

Anong klase kang babae?

This is the video from ABS-CBN via kyte.tv (I hope the embed code works now):

Senator Bong Revilla's reaction:

In response, a half-amused and half-bewildered Senator Bong Revilla could only say, "Parang ni-rape pa ni Katrina si Hayden …"

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Katrina Halili's Lawyer Denies Hayden Kho's Charge That It Was Katrina Who Supplied Hayden with Drugs

24 May 2009  1:39am, Manila time

Atty. Mamyrlito Tan, lawyer of Katrina Halili lawyer, denies the charge of Dr. Hayden Kho that it was she (Katrina) who brought drugs to Hayden during the time when they carried on their relationship in 2007.  "Pinabubulaanan po namin 'yung sinasabi na binigyan ni Katrina ng droga si Hayden Kho. Hindi po nagdro-droga si Katrina," said Atty. Tan in the weekend report of Saksi which aired around 1:09am, exactly 30 minutes ago.

According to Atty. Lorna Kapunan, her client Dr. Hayden Kho told her that it was Katrina Halili who gave him drugs.  

"He said that it was Katrina who was providing him during the ... the ... when they were together, it was Katrina who brought him drugs."  Those were the exact words of Atty. Kapunan.

The same report showed Atty. Adel Tamano saying that his client, Dr. Vicki Belo, girlfriend of Hayden Kho, was not responsible for the release or proliferation of the sex videos while also admitting the existence of a Hayden Kho - Vicki Belo sex video.

Another lawyer of Katrina Halili, Atty. Raymund Palad, insisted that the defense of "psychological treatment" that is being invoked by the camp of Hayden Kho is not proper in the case of violation of RA 9262 or Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children. 

This is the video clip of the weekend Saksi report courtesy of GMAnews.tv:

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Im afraid, this "revelation" by the Hayden Kho camp, whether true or not, will only galvanize public opinion against him. At the very least, it is an attempt by his camp to paint him as a "total victim"  — somebody who was supposedly lured into drugs and then while supposedly under the influence of drugs, lost control of himself and took those sex videos. 

Assuming he is eventually charged with a criminal offense under RA 9262, this line of defense indicates that Dr. Hayden Kho will plead "not guilty" as he is entitled to be presumed not guilty. 

But then, what "remorse" was he speaking about during his interview with media?  What did he mean when he said, "... learn to condemn the sin and not the sinner"? Ugh!  

This would be a much better place if all lawyers in the Philippines would strive not just to win legal cases or demonstrate to the public their legal erudition but to seek justice in their hearts, obtain that justice before our courts of law and truly change society for the better.

    

    

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