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Benitez cleared in VAWC complaint, hopes ‘affair’ issue finally laid to rest
The Makati City Prosecutor's Office has dismissed a complaint against Bacolod Rep. Albee Benitez for alleged violation of the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children (VAWC) Act.
Benitez's estranged wife, Dominique "Nikki" Lopez, filed the complaint alleging psychological and economic abuses, and infidelity, including a relationship with actress Ivana Alawi.
Lopez claimed to have no proof of marital affairs until Benitez petitioned for annulment and admitted fathering two illegitimate children with actresses Daisy Reyes and Andrea del Rosario, and his current relationship with Alawi.
However, Assistant City Prosecutor Mikhail Maverick Tumacder found insufficient evidence to warrant a court case, stating there was no reasonable certainty of conviction.
Benitez welcomed the decision, calling the accusations 'baseless and malicious', and hopes the issue is finally laid to rest.
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