- Gretchen Fullido, as of the moment, did not react towards the dismissal of her case versus Ces Drilon and Marie Lozano
- Only ABS-CBN executive Favila was charged with the libel offense, while the others were dismissed
- Gretchen Fullido’s case was junked by the Quezon City Prosecutor’s office
ABS-CBN Network Star Patroller Gretchen Fullido remained silent towards the dismissal of the libel case that she filed against her colleagues, Ces Drilon and Marie Lozano.
he final decision was recommended by the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office.
It can be recalled that Gretchen sued a libel case against co-reporters Ces Drilon and Marie Lozano, along with an ABS-CBN executive named Venancio Borromeo, for allegedly besmirching Fullido’s reputation, when they stated that she filed a similar sexual harassment complaint just to leverage her employment status with ABS-CBN.
However, the case was filed for dismissal, as prosecutors see that both Drilon and Lozano’s statements were not defamatory. According to Rappler, the resolution dismissing Drilon’s case was dated on January 17 while the resolution for Lozano’s case was dated January 28. But the prosecutors’ decision only became public last night.
On the other hand, Favila one of those whom Gretchen filed a sexual harassment case, was found guilty of gross misconduct, resulting for her to leave the company while Asprec, on the other hand, still works at ABS-CBN.
Sexual harassment complaints were also filed against Favila and Asprec in the Quezon City Prosecutor’s office and accused them of sending her text messages, with sexual innuendos that amounted to requests for sexual favors.
Despite this, Gretchen still gets the support of many netizens as they see how great a fighter Gretchen was to go against executives and colleagues just to raise her rights as a woman.
kawawa lang talaga ang maliliit na di kayang magbayad ng mga bayaring huwes at maari lang silang tapaktapakan ng mga mayayamang tao… minsan nagiging katawatawa lang ang isang katulad ni Gretchen Fullido dahil pinalaruan lang ang kanyang karapatan, alam nya kung ano ang LIBEL
— fekarat (@fekarat4) March 23, 2019
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