Sotto denies receiving 'Rapists of Pepsi Paloma' script

Senator Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III denied receiving a copy of the script for Darryl Yap's upcoming movie, "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma," on Sunday, January 12.

Atty. Raymond Fortun, representing Yap, claimed that an unnamed intermediary had given the script to a senator identified as a Sotto sibling before Christmas.

Sotto clarified via text message and social media that the script was given to Viva Entertainment CEO Vic del Rosario, who rejected it, and neither he nor his brother Vic Sotto read the script.

Vic Sotto's legal counsel, Enrique Dela Cruz, stated that Fortun may be misinformed about the distribution of the script.

The court granted a gag order requested by Yap to prohibit Sotto's camp from publicly disclosing or discussing the case filed over the teaser of "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma," pushing back the January 15 hearing to January 17.