Deniece told me she has no boyfriend—Vhong Navarro

MANILA, Philippines—A few hours after checking out of the hospital and appearing at the Department of Justice on Thursday—all the time avoiding press interviews—actor-TV host-comedian Vhong Navarro told broadcaster Korina Sanchez how repentant he’s been after the mauling incident in the condo unit of model Deniece Cornejo involving businessman Cedric Lee and seven others.

“Deniece told me she has no boyfriend,” Navarro told Sanchez in an exclusive interview shown in their home network’s prime-time news program.

He said he was clueless if there was a romantic relationship between Lee and Cornejo. He said he has no idea at all why Lee’s group was there at Cornejo’s condo on the night of January 22, when he was beaten to the pulp and brought to the police station.

“Wala po akong kasalanan kay Deniece, sa girlfriend ko lang (I have done nothing wrong to Deniece, only to my girlfriend),” he added.

Navarro’s non-showbiz girlfriend, based on reports, is named Tanya Bautista, who he has been going out with for five years. Bautista reportedly was a frequent visitor in Navarro’s hospital room.

He thanked his manager, filmmaker Chito Roño, his children, friends and all his fans for the support.

Navarro has two sons from two previous relationships. He was once married to actress Bianca Lapuz, the mother of his firstborn.

“Wala nang urungan ito (There’s no turning back for me),” he told Sanchez.

“Huwag magtitiwala kahit kanino, alamin kung sino kaibigan o hindi (Don’t trust anyone easily. Know your real friends),” Navarro said when asked what he has learned of the whole incident.

source: entertainment.inquirer.net

NBI: Vhong Navarro didn’t rape Deniece Cornejo based on CCTV

MANILA, Philippines—The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday discounted the possibility of rape in the incident involving actor-TV host Vhong Navarro and Deniece Millet Cornejo.

NBI Assistant Regional Director Vicente De Guzman said there was no instance that Navarro and Cornejo were left alone inside the girl’s condominium unit in Taguig City.





“Attempt to rape is not possible. The footage is glaring that there was no instance that Deniece was inside her room,” De Guzman said at a press conference.

He also noted Navarro’s statement that when he went inside Cornejo’s condominium unit, two men were already inside.

De Guzman said the CCTV footage that they have acquired corroborates Navarro’s statement because while the CCTV lobby showed Cedric Lee, his sister Bernice and three other men entering the lobby on separate instances, the two men were not seen on the video except when the hand-tied Navarro was escorted to the elevator and towards the lobby.

Here is the time sequence of the incident based on the CCTV footage:


10:38 p.m. – Navarro, in shorts, blue polo shirt and a bull cap entered the condominium lobby

10:40 – Cornejo was seen at the lobby going out of the building
   
10:41 – Cedric Lee entered the condominium lobby
   
10:43:08 – Ferdinand Guerrero (in white shirt and wearing glasses and one of the respondents in the complaint filed at the Department of Justice) entered the lobby together with still unidentified man
   
10:43:26 – Cornejo entered the lobby
   
10:48 – a certain Mike (also a respondent in the complaint filed by the NBI at the DOJ) was seen entering the condominium lobby
   
10:56 – Cedric’s sister Bernice entered the lobby
   
11:10 – Navarro was escorted inside the elevator with Lee, Bernice, Deniece and five other men

source: entertainment.inquirer.net

Condo guard: I saw Vhong Navarro’s hands tied behind his back

MANILA, Philippines—Actor  Vhong Navarro’s hands  were tied behind his back and his face was covered by his ball cap when he was taken inside the condominium unit Wednesday night, the security guard said in his statement at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

Lero Garvin, on duty security guard at the main gate of Forbes Woods condominium, appeared before the NBI Monday morning.


The members of the NBI-National Capital Region have already talked to the actor on Jan. 23, a day after the alleged mauling incident.

NBI Assistant Regional Director Vicente De Guzman said Navarro identified six to seven attackers.

source: entertainment.inquirer.net