Ahron Villena. Image: Instagram/@ahronvillena Director-writer Ronaldo Carballo seemingly came to the defense of his friend and fellow director Joel Lamangan, who is apparently linked by netizens to actor Ahron Villena’s confession of having experienced being “exploited” by an unidentified director. Villena earlier spoke up about a director who allegedly took advantage of him when he was just a newcomer in show business.
The actor said he was prompted to speak about his experience after the director—amid the sexual abuse case involving actor Sandro Muhlach —remarked that such harassments have long been rampant in show biz. While Villena did not name anyone, netizens presumed that the director he was referring to was Lamangan, with some pointing out that the actor’s confession came after the director’s Philippine Entertainment Portal interview about sexual abuse. Villena has yet to confirm or deny this assumption, but a supposed statement of Lamangan alluding to the matter made rounds on social media.
Carballo then clarified that the statement is fake, and that Lamangan personally denied to him that he said such. “Pagkabasa ko nito, alam ko nang hindi si direk Joel Lamangan ito,” Carballo said on his Facebook page on Monday, Aug. 26, showing a screenshot of the fake post.
“Hindi siya ganito magsalita. I verified it to Direk Joel. True enough, kinumpirma niyang hindi siya ito,” he added.
Carballo further noted that several “shameless” individuals have b.