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Darryl Yap pleads not guilty to Vic Sotto's cyber libel raps
Tempo
|June 04, 2025
Film director Darryl Yap pleaded not guilty to two cyber libel cases filed by actor and TV host Vic Sotto during his arraignment at a Muntinlupa court on Tuesday, June 3. The charges stem from Yap's teaser for the controversial film "The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma.
Yap was arraigned at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 203, which is hearing case Nos. 25-271 and 25-272 for libel in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
"Director Darryl Yap pleaded not guilty to both charges of cyber libel," said Raymond Fortun, Yap's lawyer, after the arraignment.
Last Jan. 9, Sotto filed a complaint with the Muntinlupa Prosecutor's Office for 19 counts of cyber libel against Yap.
Sotto was not present during Yap's arraignment.
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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