Image: Facebook/Gerald Santos MANILA, Philippines — Gerald Santos has finally named in a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 27, the person who allegedly raped him when he was 15 years old. This came after he attended the hearing of the Senate panel on public information and mass media last Monday and admitted that he was raped by a musical director of a television network, whom he did not name.
Speaking again before the same Senate committee on Tuesday, Santos identified a certain Danny Tan as the one who raped him. “Ngayon po ay handa na po akong harapin ang tunay kong kalaban: ang nanghalay at umabuso sa akin noong ako po ay 15 years old. Si Mr.
Danny Tan,” Santos revealed. (Now, I am ready to face my real enemy: the person who raped and abused me when I was 15 years old. He’s Mr.
Danny Tan.) Santos also emotionally recounted how he personally experienced his career being jeopardized, with him losing the job even if he was the victim. “Yung psychiatric at psychological support po sa biktima ay napakalaking bagay lalo po kung bata ang biktima para magkaroon ng safe guards para kahit inalis na po yung sex offenders ay hindi na mababalikan o magagantihan ng mga kaibigan ng nasa posisyon at may loyalty doon sa taong tinanggal,” Santos said.
(Psychiatric and psychological support is important for the victim, especially if the victim is a minor for them to have safe guards that even if the sex offender is relieved from post, the victim will not experience being picked on.