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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Repost: Cebu Prosecutor Lowers Rape Charge Against Noven Belleza to Sexual Assault

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After spending three nights under police custody, Tawag ng Tanghalan’s first grand champion Noven Belleza can now go home.

The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office has downgraded the case filed against the singing sensation from rape to sexual assault.

Unlike rape, sexual assault is a bailable offense. Cebu City Assistant Prosecutor Ma. Theresa Casiño, who perused the evidence presented to her, ruled that the proper case to be filed in court against Belleza should be sexual assault.

Bail was recommended at P120,000.

Belleza’s lawyer Leilani Villarino said they opted to waive their right to a preliminary investigation which could have given them the chance to refute the allegations hurled against her client at the prosecutor’s office.

“We will answer everything during court trial. What is important now is he (Belleza) will be able to post bail,” Villarino told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

“For now, he enjoys the presumption of innocence,” she added.

Belleza, a rice farmer from Negros Occidental, was named grand champion in last March’s Tawag ng Tanghalan, a talent search aired on ABS-CBN’s noontime program “Showtime.”

Last Saturday, Belleza performed as guest in a comedy concert of the noontime show’s host Vice Ganda at the IEC Pavilion in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City.

After the concert, at around 11 p.m., the 22-year-old singer was arrested by operatives of the Mabolo Police Station for allegedly molesting a 19-year-old local performer who also competed in the Tawag ng Tanghalan singing contest.

Police Officer 1 Ma. Theresa Talisic of the Women and Children’s Protection Desk of the Cebu City Police Office said the victim claimed that she was sexually molested by Belleza around 2 p.m. last Saturday, July 15, in a condominium in Barangay Lahug where the singer was staying.

The young woman claimed that Belleza inserted his finger into her vagina.

About 14 hours after his arrest, Belleza complained of chest pains, prompting the police to place him under hospital arrest in Barangay Banilad, Cebu City.

Prosecutor Casiño had to go to the hospital on Tuesday morning to conduct an inquest proceeding—a mandatory procedure after the arrest of a person. The prosecutor found sufficient basis to indict Belleza on charges of sexual assault.

According to Villarino, Belleza’s lawyer, a complaint of rape can be filed by a woman when a man forcibly penetrates her with his penis.

On the other hand, sexual assault can be slapped against a person who inserts his or her fingers or any other object into the genitals of another person.

Based on the investigation of the police, Belleza and the victim knew each other and were text mates.  SFM

114 comments:

  1. Mukhang mauubos napanalunan ni noven, hope truth will come out,

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    1. The alleged sexual assault happened at around 2pm in the afternoon. Both were not drunk naman. Wonder what was the sufficient basis as stated by the prosecutor.

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    2. Noven and his lawyer WAIVED their right pala during the preliminary investigation. We will wait for their side of the story na lang during the trial proper mismo.

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    3. Syempre waive muna para maaral ang pagsisinungaling

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    4. anon 12:38 oo nga teh. 2 million cash, house and lot, may negosyo package etc.etc.

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    5. Ano naman Iyan.. RAPE pa rin at Hindi binabaan. There's forceful penetration be it genital or digital.. grabe sa Pilipinas

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  2. So if a finger is inserted in a vagina without consent is not considered RAPE? What is the legal definition of rape in the philippines? Isn't this a legal definition:
    "unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim" (google)

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    1. 12:43AM, as stated in the news above-mentioned, under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, a complaint of RAPE can be filed by a woman when a man forcibly penetrates her with his "penis".

      On the other hand, SEXUAL ASSAULT can be slapped against a person who inserts his or her "fingers or any other object" into the genitals of another person.

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    2. 12:43
      Not everything can be referred to google. We are talking about legalities here and the RPC is the primary source. Belleza committed a felony by acts of lasciviousness and not rape nor rape by sexual assault.

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  3. Ayan syempre lalabas na ang mga users. Hindi kasi nag-ingat eh. Sayang yung pinaghirapan mo Noven.

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    1. Not only users but also those who are jealous of his success.

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    2. Nkakahiya kayong dalawa.ayaw nga ng victim maki pg settle.anong users jan?hindi totoong mabuting tao tlaga si noven.

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    3. Grabe mindset ni 12:43 at 12:51 nakakahindak. Shame on you.

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    4. 2:08 Sa panahon ngayon nagugulat pa kayo na may mapagsamantalang tao? Saang kweba ka nakatira?

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    5. 4:25 Sa Zürich ... san balon ka?

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  4. Naku naman noven lasing ka ba ang nagawa mo yun?

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  5. Bye 10 minutes of fame

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  6. So walang settlement na nangyari?

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    1. Ayaw pumayag nung pamilya ng babae makipag settle. Hindi pera ang habol kundi Justice daw

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    2. Wla teh hindi pera ni millionaire noven ang habol. Kaloka mga taong defenders ni noven.

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    3. Baka kasal ang habol

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    4. Bakit makikipag settle eh sila ang naagrabiyado. Kung anak o kapatid nyo ang nasa sitwasyon, ganun din siguro ang gagawin nyo!?

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    5. 12:55 kasal ang habol?! Pag sa kapatid mong babae yan nangyari e ipapakasal mo ba sya dun sa nanamantala sa kanya?!

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    6. 2:06 You're not the judge at hindi mo rin alam ang buong pangyayari. Malay mo naman na ganon ka-inosente yung girl? Kababaing tao sya pa naghatid sa lalaki?

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    7. Kapag hinatid ang kaibigan pwede nang molestyahin? 4:49
      Gumising ka nga!

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    8. Kasal? May bf yung biktima. Maganda yung girl at disente hindi katulad ng mga iniisip niyo lalo na yung mga nag kocomment sa fb na mga utak talangka imbis maawa sa biktima ginawa pang katawa Tawa at take note karamihan pa mga babae mkapag sira sa biktima parang hindi mga babae. Kung kayo kaya sa kalagayan ng biktima tapos gaganyanin kayo anong mararamdaman niyo matutuwa?!

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  7. Ayaw pa makipag settle nung family ng babae ibig sabihin hindi talaga pera ang habol nila

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    1. Pwede ngang hindi pera ang habol nila kundi ang pabagsakin si Noven dahil sa inggit sa success nito. Mukhang gullible kasi si Noven at madaling magtiwala sa ibang tao.

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    2. Duh, very twisted mind lang ang papayag na mabalita kang na-rape dahil inggit ka success ng inaakusahan mo.

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    3. Naloka ako sa success

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    4. Ay hindi pa ba success tawag mo run? I'm not condoning noven pero baks successful na rin sana sya maituturing. Yun nga lang nawala rin parang bula.

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    5. Oa ni 1:56,yan lang naloka ka na...nagmamagaling #not1:28

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    6. magsasayang talaga sila ng pera sa legal fees para lang pabagsakin si noven? ikaw na 1:10 ang conspiracy theorist

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    7. Patawa ka 1:10! At ano naman mapapala ni girl pag napabagsak nya si Noven. May makukuha ba sya? And excuse me. Di ko sya knows before this issue, so clearly that's not a big of a success.

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  8. Kung hindi pera ang habol,.. Kasal ganern?

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    1. Baka inggit sila. Alam mo kapag inggit gusto mo makita yung tao na yun mhirapan kahit konti at sasaya yung mga inggit. Yung feeling he doesn't deserve to win dapat ako.

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    2. The fact n dati dilang text mate baka attracted p rin c girl kay Noven

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    3. 1:31am itataya mo dignidad mo para lang sa inggit?😱

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    4. Grabe mga taong to. Mapagtanggol nyo lang si Noven. Kung ano ano nang dahilan ginagawa nyo. Hindi man lang kayo naawa sa biktima.

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    5. Bakit ka naman magpapakasal sa nang rape sayo?! Di ko alam kung saang logic mo nakuha yan pero sana di mangyari sayong mapagsamantalahan at di paniwalaan ng mga tao.

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  9. Kababaeng tao, siya pa naghatid sa condo kasi. Ano ba naman kasing logic yun. Kesehodang hindi pamilyar ang lalaking yan, umuwi siya magisa no. Tapos ikaw na babae pa ang uuwing magisa kasi alangan naman maghatiran kayong dalawa. Always think of yourself first, your safety first.

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    1. Trot. Lalaki yun at babae sya. Mas pproteksyonan pa yung lalaki na may dalawang kasama naman kesa sa sarili nya?

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    2. STOP IMPOSING GENDER NORMS IN 2017! GREAT GOD MOVE ON BESHIES! Forever stuck na kayo sa colonial era or baka naman sa pre-historic era.

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    3. 1:16 kaya nga sigiro madaming napapahamak na babae ngayon kesa noon

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    4. 1:16 siyempre kung babae ka, mas dapat mong ingatan ang sarili mo. doesn't matter if it's 2017 or the pre-historic era.

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    5. I agree with you 1:50 yang klase ng pag iisip ni 1:16 dahilan kaya daming nare rape.

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    6. Yun na nga eh. Nagpapaka-liberal mga babae sa panahon ngayon pero pag napagsamantalahan sisigaw ng rape.

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    7. 1:16 bka kc gusto mong pa rape sa may pera kaya pumasok ka p sa unit ng lalake at mag cr ng katagal tagal.May kasama nmang manager ung Noven ihatid pa sa kwarto at 2 am? Anong klaseng babae ka

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    8. So y'all are imposing na it's the girl's fault why she got "rape" kasi nag magandang loob syang ihatid si guy? What kind of mentality is that? Victim blaming at it's finest. Bravo! Forever stuck kayo at hindi uunlad ang pilipinas!

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    9. And in what basis na sinabi nyong mas maraming napapahamak na babae ngayon? Marami rin dati wala lang lumalantad kasi takot silang makutya and to be ridiculed like what you guys are doing.

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    10. 1:16 gender norms ka pa dian. eh reality naman talaga yan sa kahit anong era. mag-ingat at pag nakasalubong ka talaga ng may balak, lagot na.

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    11. the girl is only nineteen, very young and trusting. and some people here are saying that she is the one who has the motive for a little fling that's why she went with him in the room. they were not alone that's why she went up there. either way, that Noven is screwed.

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    12. I smell something fishy.

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    13. My goolay naman! Hinatid ni girl si Noven sa condo not as a female, but as a FRIEND na concerned for her supposed friend. Friendship knows no gender! And kahit pa feeling ni Noven na nagpahiwatig si girl sa pag-akyat nito sa condo niya, the fact na she said STOP and NO, at nanlaban, kung matino kang tao, titigil ka. But he didn't.

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    14. 4:43 first time ko mag comment dito. hindi ko lang kaya tanggapin yung sinabi mo. unang una, mutual consent is required for any sexual act. pag wala nun, kahit pa nasa condo ng guy si girl (and take note, it's 2pm not 2am), kahit pa textmates sila, it does not give a guy the right to do whatever he likes to the girl. kahit pa nga sa mag-asawa di ba? there's what we call marital rape. dahil pag sinabi ng lalaki ng babae o lalaki na ayaw niya pero na-force pa rin siya, that still constitutes rape. or in noven's case, sexual assault. kaya maraming biktima ang nananahimik na lang kasi na-rape na siya, sinisisi pa siya ng kagaya mo.

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  10. nalunod sa isang basong tubig si Noven!

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  11. Maaring hindi pera, consider din ang nagagawa ng inggit sa isang tao, maraming kaibigan/kakilala si Noven na kontisera/kontisero, talo nya silang lahat, let's not judge him yet, nakasampa na ang kaso

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    1. so nainggit sa kanya kaya nagpa rape? hahaha Kung hindi siya guilty bakit siya nagpadala ng text messages sa girl na huwag magsusumbong? Alam na niyang buking na siya kaya tahimik siya at walang denials coming from his camp.

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    2. Walang rape na nangyari kaya mukhang inggit nga ang motibo nung babae.

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    3. Huwaaaw, 9:00 nanduon ka para sabihin yan. Ikaw ba, pag naiingit ipamamalita mo na narape ka?

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    4. Hindi ko alam kung anong klaseng pag iisip meron kayo 1:10 at 9:00 para gumawa pa ng dahilan para lang makalusot si Noven. Kung sikat lang si Noven sasabihin kong Tard kayo eh. Grabe makapag justify.

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  12. Ayaw makipag settle, so either justice ang habol nila or something else. And bakit hinatid nung girl dahil daw para safe si noven eh meron namang dalawang kasama? And ihahatid tapos sa kwarto pa mismo? Im not victim blaming here nagugulumihanan lang ako. Dapat kausapin yung dalawang kasama bat sila biglang nawala

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    1. walang kasama si Noven nung ipinasyal ng girl. Yung dalawang kasama ay nasa kwarto ni Noven. Sa lobby lang siya inihatid at 2 PM pero nakigamit siya ng CR sa room kasi ang alam niya may mga kasama sa kwarto pero paglabas niya ng CR silang dalawa na lang ni Noven.

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    2. Yung idol nyong si Noven ng text sa girl bago pumunta ng cebu na samahan dw siya mamasyal baka first time ata yung biktima yung naging guide at yung isa pang contender din sa TNT mgka kilala na yang mga yan. Sila Lang yung gumala apat sila. Kilala ko yung mga contender na yun hindi masasamang tao yung mga yun.

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  13. Ayan. Victim shaming kayo.

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  14. Please stop the "victim shaming" na yan. Hindi pa nga proven na nagkasala si noven eh. Eh ano tawag sainyo? Judgmental?

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    1. Right. Kaya nga "innocent umtil proven guilty". Pero nag post na ang camo ni girl sa socmed so magiging trial by publicity na toh

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    2. Know first the term 'victim shaming'. Ibig sa sabihin pinapahiya ang biktima. Ang biktima in this case is yung babae. Suspect si noven. Iba ang victim shaming sa innocent until proven guilty.

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    3. Di ko rin alam bakit ang daming nanglalait sa pagkatao ni girl dito. Kesyo user, inggit, peperahan nya lang, kababaeng tao naghahatid at sumama sa condo. Kaya di mo kami masisi kung bakit sinasabi naming "vicitm shaming" kayo.

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  15. The Cebu prosecutor called it right.

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  16. Di pa nga umaangat ang karer meron ng gantong kaso. Hays

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  17. Kaya maraming mga babae ang naabuso at hindi makapagsumbong dahil sa makikitid na utak ng mga tao. Kasal ang habol pag nagsumbong na naabuso? Genern? Kaloka kayo.

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  18. I wonder kung sino si ate girl na victim. And i wonder bakit nya naman kasi hinatid eh may dalawang kasama naman.. i-risk ba naman ang sarili para sa tatlong lalaking ihahatid nya. At wala naman sigurong mangyyare kay noven inside the hotel paakyat, so bakit kailangan pa nya ihatid sa room.

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    1. Yun din yung di ko gets... sabi may kasama yung guy (manager and etc)... pero gustong ihatid to be safe daw yung guy?!? Weird lang.

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    2. you two guys are trying to rationalize Noven by scrutinizing the girl's need to use to the bathroom ? nice

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  19. May mga loopholes sa kwento ni ateng sa kanyang post, but the prosecutor found a probable cause for indictment. That means there was a truth in the story. Though, di pa natin alam ang side ni Noven. Pwedeng may seduction/provocation na naganap tas biglang umayaw in the middle of the act .

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    1. Kaya nga. Kawawang Noven. He may be guilty pero baka naman may motive din yung gurl. Oh well..

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  20. Hindi natin pwede tanggalin na baka may inggit factor. May condo si Noven dahil nanalo siya madami what could have been sa fellow kontsero. Boyfie and her were both contestants and both had at least a chance to win.

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    1. kanina ka pa sa inggit factor na iyan. So magpapa rape at kagat sa dibdib si girl dahil naiinggit siya? Labo ng logic mo.

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    2. Haha pag ako bat naman ako maiingit hindi naman kasing Hirap yung girl kay sa kay Noven magandang buhay naman yung kalagayan ng biktima kay sa ka Noven nung sumali pa lang sa TNT si Noven mahirap talaga. Ngayon lang ngka pera na di naman matatawag na mayaman na talag as in mayaman. So bakit naman ako maiingit diba kung okay naman ang buhay ko kahit hindi ako sikat diba.

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  21. Palagay ko case ito na parang the girl who cried wolf.

    Mas maraming dapat ipaliwanag si ate girl. Habang tumatagal mas nagiging incredible ang kwento Nya.

    Pls note lang. yung side ni ate girl rape ang kaso. Yung judge, Hindi rape sexual assault yan. Sa first review pa lang pumabor na Kay KUYA.

    Baka ending nito 2 consenting adults sa ginawa nila. Eh tinanong siguro ng bf ni ate girl bakit natagalan sya sa unit ni kuya, Ayun na. Wolf, wolf, wolf

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    1. really 2:29 ?

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    2. "Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. The term rape is sometimes used interchangeably with the term sexual assault." Ayan ha ... galing na kay Wikipedia yan. Aral aral din kasi, para hindi mahalata na mema ka lang talaga.

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    3. Ang sabi sa medical records may mga pasa daw si girl. Patunay na he forced himself. So kung 2 consenting adults bakit nagkapasa si girl?

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    4. Pasa at kagat sa dibdib. Nagkapasa dahil nanlaban dahil di kinaya ang lakas ni Noven malakas talaga pg sa bukid ka ng tatrabaho dahil sanay na sanay na sa mabibigat.

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    5. unang una, di mo nga alam anong ibig sabihin sa "the girl who cried wolf", nag litanya ka pa sa post mo! kaloka ka!

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  22. Grabe ung mga nagsasabing inggit daw. Anong utak meron kayo? Hintayin resulta ng case, and one way para malaman kung totoo ung post sa socmed nung babae is ung text mes. Kung totoo ngang meron ayon siguro ung ginamit nila sa kaso.

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  23. ang daming victim shamers. kaya madami takot lumantad dahil sila na biktima dami nyo pa satsat na masama

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    1. Marami rin kasing babae na kunwari pa-victim. Enough of that victim shamers ek ek na yan dahil hindi lahat ng victim kuno eh victim talaga.

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    2. Hay 8:50 you will never know until nandun ka na sa situation na yan. May trauma ka na nga sa rape tapos ikaw pa ang masama sa paningin ng tao.

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    3. 8:50 .. iba-iba ang babae. hindi porket may nagsinungaling na babae lahat na hindi totoo. Have an open mind. Let's see both sides.

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  24. mejo magulo, bat kelangan ihatid ni ate gurl si noven sa condo? kelangan ni noven si ate gurl para maging "safe" tapos si ate gurl pala ang hindi safe kay noven? i smell galunggong mga beshies.

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  25. bat ganun? dati pag may mga balitang ganyan ang initial reaction ng mga tao ay maniwala sa biktima pero ngaun mas maraming dumedepensa sa suspect.

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    1. Dahil karamihan ng mga girls ngayon ay walwal na kaya ganyan hindi basta pinapaniwalaan. Kusa pumasok yung babae sa place nung guy hindi cya kinidnap or pinilit.

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    2. Kaya nga nakakalungkot lang. Sinisi pa pagiging walwal. Kahit pa Party Girl o pinaka walwal na babae man yan. Kung hindi sya pumayag makipagsex sayo at pinilit mo sarili mo, RAPE po ang tawag dun.

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    3. The victim is not credible and might be fabricating stories. She is just hiding and making an alias.

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    4. Yung pasa ng babaye ay dahil binugbog siya ng bf nya pagkauwi dahil natagalan at nagselos.

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    5. 9:38 because this generation had become idol worshipers. isn't it sad?

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    6. Pwedeng-pwede mo pagdudahan ang credibility ng isang tao IF AND ONLY IF AT LEAST you're a kamag-anak, friend o naging biktima nya sa kung anumang masamang bagay, ganurn!

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    7. The victim is not credible (MAY JUDGEMENT NA) and might (PERO HINDI PA PALA SURE) be fabricating stories. She is just hiding and making an alias. SO LET'S JUST WAIT FOR THE DETAILS BEFORE PASSING JUDGEMENTS, ok po ba? btw i'm not siding anyone.

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  26. Totoo man o hindi ang side ni girl, si NOVEN dapat ang nag-ingat at umiwas.

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  27. Kung inocent si Noven kawawa siya sinira ng talonan na TNT contestant ng Cebu ang kinabukasan yan. Scripted ang drama mo girl.

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    1. Inosente pero gustong makipag settle? Dun palang duda na kong inosente yang Noven na yan.

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    2. Gustong makipag settle dahil sobrang tagal kapag umabot sa demandahan even innocent ka. May mga commitments si noven for sure na maaapektohan. wag utak talaba please

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    3. Hindi rason ang settlement dahil may mga commitments ka kung talaga hindi guilty bakit naman mkipag settlement kung totoong inosenti siya at dapat kampante siya sa sarili niya dahil hindi totoo paratang ng biktima proven na nga eh kaya nga kinasuhan na.

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  28. KAWAWA SI NOVEN KUNG TOTOONG WALA SIYANG KASALANAN. ANG GIRL ANG GUMAWA NG IMBENTO NA KWENTO PARA MASIRA SI NOVEN.

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  29. Iniwan daw sya bigla ng mga kasama nung mag cr siya sa condo ni noven. Dapat magalit siya sakanila diba .

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  30. Marami po daw silang naghatid kay noven. So dapat magbigay sila ng details kung bakit si girl lang ang naiwan at bakit wala na sila

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    1. Sa lobby lang ang mga kaibigan ng biktima hindi na sumama sa kwrto.

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  31. Whoever has the more credible version of what really happened, I just wish, the truth, and nothing BUT the truth, will prevail and justice will be served to whom it is due.

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  32. Nakakagalit yung mga comment dito na sinisisi pa yung babae. Sana di mangyari yan sa inyo!

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  33. Guys a person is innocent until proven guilty. Hintayin nalang natin hatol ng korte tsaka tayo manghusga.

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