Manila Bulletin
Darryl Yap changes Pepsi Paloma film title for PH release, denies personalities behind movie
Vic Sotto has filed 19 counts of cyberlibel and a writ of habeas data against filmmaker Darryl Yap before the Muntinlupa Prosecutor's Office and Regional Trial Court Branch 205, respectively.
The cases stem from Yap's trailer for a film about the late actress Pepsi Paloma, which named Sotto as one of her alleged rapists.
Sotto is seeking P35 million in damages from Yap, comprised of P20 million for moral damages and P15 million for exemplary damages.
The writ of habeas data will be heard on January 15.
Yap announced that the Philippine cinema title of the film will be "Pepsi Paloma," while its international title will remain "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma."
Yap previously stated that everyone is free to file a case to clarify the truth and that truth is the only defense to all questions.
He also claimed that Paloma had filed a rape case against Sotto but later withdrew it, and that the truth can be found in old news articles and videos.
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TV host and actor Vic Sotto filed 19 counts of cyber libel against director Darryl Yap, seeking P35 million in damages.
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Director Darryl Yap has asked a Muntinlupa court to cancel a hearing on Vic Sotto's petition for a writ of habeas data and to consolidate it with the cyber libel case.
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The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 205 denied director Darryl Yap's request to consolidate two cases filed against him by Vic Sotto concerning the film "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma."
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Senator Tito Sotto III denied claims that he or his brother, Vic Sotto, received the script for Darryl Yap's film "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma."
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The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 has denied director Darryl Yap's request to consolidate two cases filed against him by TV host Vic Sotto concerning Yap's film "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma."
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