The Taguig Regional Trial Court has found Cedric Lee, Deniece Cornejo and 2 other respondents guilty in the serious illegal detention case filed by actor-host Vhong Navarro.

Atty. Alma Mallonga, Navarro’s lawyer, said the court has ordered Cornejo to be immediately committed. Lee was not present in the promulgation and the court has ordered for him to be arrested.

Vhong Navarro grateful for Taguig Court decision

Navarro accused Lee of detaining him on the night of January 22, 2014 in a condominium unit in Taguig City, where Lee, with other companions, mauled him and allegedly threatened to kill him.

Lee also allegedly demanded up to P2 million in exchange for Navarro’s release and the comedian-host agreed to shell out P1 million.

Charged with Lee is model Deniece Cornejo, who had claimed Navarro attempted to rape her that night. It is this rape allegation that Lee used as a justification to maul Navarro and to force him to admit to raping Cornejo at a police station that same night.

But CCTV footage later showed Cornejo stepping onto the elevator from her condo unit about a minute after Navarro stepped out of the elevator to go to her unit.

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Navarro’s camp had always maintained it was physically impossible for Navarro to have raped or tried to rape Cornejo in such a short time.

The other accused in the case are Bernice Lee, Simeon Raz, Jr., Jose Paolo Gregorio Calma, Jed Fernandez and Ferdinand Guerrero.

Lee had tried to move for the dismissal of the case twice.

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