Bukod sa inihaing cyberlibel cases laban sa isang entertainment website, kasama rin umano sa mga kinasuhan ni dating Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair Liza Diño si dating FDCP chair Tirso Cruz III at ang kasulukyang FDCP chair na si Jose Javier Reyes.
Nitong Biyernes, Mayo 24, inilahad ni Diño sa kaniyang Facebook post na naghain siya ng 78 counts of cyberlibel via four complaints laban sa laban sa Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP) at ilang mga personalidad.
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Samantala, sa isang pahayag ni Atty. Regie Tongol, legal counsel ni Diño, pinangalanan niya kung sinu-sinong personalidad ang kasama sa naturang mga kaso.
Ito’y sina PEP editor-in-chief Jo-Ann Maglipon, PEP news editor at writer Rachelle Siazon, dating FDCP chair Tirso Cruz III; at ang kasalukuyang FDCP chair na si Jose Javier Reyes.
Narito ang kabuuan ng Facebook post ni Tongol.
“Former Film Development Council of the Philippines chairperson Liza Diño has filed four complaints involving seventy-eight (78) counts of cyberlibel against Philippine Entertainment Portal (Pep.ph) editor-in-chief Jo-Ann Maglipon and Pep.Ph news editor and writer Rachelle Siazon over a series of libelous articles posted on the website of Pep.ph in 2023. Also impleaded in the complaints are various personalities including actor and former FDCP chairperson Tirso Cruz III and the present chairperson of the FDCP, Jose Javier Reyes for their hand in the actions of Pep.ph against our client.
“What is obvious is that our client was given by Pep.ph extraordinary special treatment by releasing not one but six articles to form a series of damaging articles in rapid succession. This created a sustained negative publicity against our client, which is inconsistent with a good faith effort to inform the public and more aligned with a strategy for character assassination. This is not a work of a truly journalistic endeavor but a work often done by public relations instrumentalities.
“The Office of the City Prosecutor of Quezon City under the helm of Chief Prosecutor Vimar Barcellano will hear the complaints and decide the filing of information in court. Our client is doing this in order to send a message that “the exercise of press freedom must be done "consistent with good faith and reasonable care." This was clearly abandoned by Pep.ph when they wrote and published the subject article."
