It was shocking news that the TV host and actor Vhong Navarro
raped Model Deniece Cornejo twice. In a counter-affidavit submitted to the
Department of Justice prosecution panel, Cornejo said Navarro first
sexually assaulted her when they were together in her Forbeswood Heights
condo unit on January 17. There she was totally sexually abused by him in
an aggressive way.
She was forced by him to do the sexual activities.
Though she managed to escape from it. She pleaded too but it was of no
use. She said businessman Cedric Lee offered to help her report the
incident to authorities. Her lawyer, Atty. Howard Calleja, explained why it
was only now that Cornejo revealed the alleged incident.
He said their camp didn't deny that the
alleged rape happened but was just "quiet" about it. However, he
earlier told ANC Headstart in an interview that nothing happened between
Cornejo and Navarro on January 17.He denied Navarro's statement that the
actor and Cornejo had oral sex, five days before he was mauled.
In his sworn affidavit submitted to
the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Navarro said he and Cornejo
met in her condominium unit in Forbeswood Heights, Taguig on January 17.
According to the same affidavit, Navarro met Cornejo at a shoe store two
years ago and "developed a friendship" through Facebook. After
some time of not communicating, Navarro said he and Cornejo got in touch
again through the same website and the mobile app Viber two months ago.
This, according to the actor, eventually led to their
"personal meet-up" on the 17th. Cornejo, in her first
complaint-affidavit in the rape case she filed against Navarro, claimed
that the actor forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to insert
his penis in her vagina on January 22, the night the group of businessman
Cedric Lee allegedly came to her rescue. Navarro denied attempting to rape
Cornejo and claimed that he was a victim of extortion. He said he was blindfolded
and tied up before being attacked by at least six men, including Lee.
The actor has since filed six criminal
charges against Lee, Cornejo and six others: serious physical injuries, grave threat,
grave coercion, unlawful arrest, blackmail, and serious illegal detention, which is a
non-bailable offense. Lee, in his counter-affidavit, insisted that he only helped
Cornejo and immediately offered to pay for all the damage caused to Deniece's unit. Vhong also made an offer to the policemen for not to
release the matter to the media.