SC dismisses raps vs Vhong Navarro
THE 3rd Division of the Supreme Court has dismissed the rape and acts of lasciviousness charges filed against television host Vhong Navarro, whose real name is Ferdinand H. Navarro.
This decision overturns the Court of Appeals’ rulings in July 2021 and September 2022, which had overturned the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) resolutions dismissing the charges against Navarro.
In a 43-page decision written by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul Inting, the appellate court was found to have “erred in finding that the DOJ committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in dismissing the Third Complaint for rape and attempted rape against Navarro for lack of probable cause.”
Associate Justices Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, Samuel Gaerlan, Japar Dimaampao, and Maria Filomena Singh concurred in Inting’s ruling.
The charges were filed by model Deniece Millinete Cornejo.
