Gerald Santos (left) and Gabs Gibbs with fiancee Marga Bermudez. Gerald Santos dropped a bombshell at the Senate hearing last week when he revealed that he was actually raped by a former musical director of GMA-7 when he was still a minor who was a contestant in a talent show. Santos’ revelation preceded that of a male talent or casual employee of TV5 who claimed to have been sexually harassed by a program manager of the network’s News and Current Affairs.
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Gerald Santos. Screengrab from Senate YouTube and his Instagram For the first time in 19 years, Gerald Santos publicly admitted that he was raped by a former musical director of a television network, which was later revealed to be his former home network, GMA. At the continuation of the hearing of the Senate committee on public information and mass media which is investigating the cases of sexual abuse in the entertainment industry, Santos opened up about the abuse that he suffered at the hands of the still unnamed musical director.
“Ako po ay hindi po na-harass, hindi po na-abuse,” Santos said as he tried to keep his emotions in check as he answered the senators’ questions. “Ako ay na-rape po. Na-rape po ako, your honor.
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