A Muntinlupa court partially granted TV host and actor Vic Sotto’s petition for writ of habeas data he filed against director Darryl Yap about the teaser video of his controversial film “The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma.” Presiding Judge Liezel Aquiatan of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 issued a decision dated Jan. 24.
“The Petition for a Writ of Habeas Data filed by Petitioner Marvic ‘Vic’ Castelo Sotto is hereby partially granted,” the court ruled. (From left) Vic Sotto, Rhed Bustamante as Pepsi Paloma and Darryl Yap (Photos: Jonathan Hicap, Darryl Yap's Facebook account) In the decision, the court ordered Yap "to delete, take down and remove the 26-second teaser video from online platforms, social media, or any other medium." “Respondent Darryl Ray Spyke B.
Yap and any person or entity acting on his behalf, including the production team of Vin Centiments, are ordered to delete, take down and remove the 26-second teaser video from online platforms, social media, or any other medium for having misused the collected data/information by presenting a conversation between two deceased individuals, which cannot be verified as having actually occurred,” the court ruled. The case stemmed from a teaser video of the film released on Jan. 1, showing a conversation between Paloma and Solis.
In the teaser video, Solis (Alajar) asked Paloma (Bustamante), "Ipaliwanag mo sa akin! Magsabi ka sa akin! Ipaliwanag mo...
Dahil hindi ko naiintindihan! Pepsi sumagot k.
