Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio is asking for P5,000,000.00 for moral damages, P500,000.00 for exemplary damages and P230,000.00 for legal fees and expenses from Carina Binene, mother of Kapuso star Bea Binene and GMA officers Simon Ferrer, Lynn Delfin and Atty. Flordeliza Vargas.
In his affidavit, Topacio, who filed the charges on October 25 in Tanuan, Batangas, said that the defendants ruined his good name.
Topacio made the move after Bea’s camp refused to issue the public apology the lawyer demanded over what he said are false claims they issued against him.
The issue started when Topacio filed a child abuse case against radio disc jockey Dan Christian Villanueva, a.k.a. Papa Dan on Bea’s behalf at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) last Sept. 3.
Since Papa Dan stayed at the Binenes’ guest house for seven months without pay, Carina allegedly sought Topacio’s legal advice.
GMA Artist Center, meanwhile, said Topacio was not authorized to file the child abuse case and that it has assigned Vargas as Bea’s legal counsel instead.
Bea and her camp just laughed off the prospect of a public apology and insisted they have pieces of evidences to defend themselves.
As for Bea and Papa Dan, the issue has since been resolved and considered closed.
Article Source: Maridol Rañoa-Bismark , Yahoo! News
