Atong Sues

In the eyes of the public, Patidongan is Totoy, who gave a series of interviews on the fate of the cockfight players aired over GMA News' 24 Oras.

- — With EJ Macababbad

For Ang, he is Dondon, a former associate who worked for him for about 15 years.

"Think it over Don, don't lie anymore. I treated you like my own son, I did not know you were this bad," Ang said in Filipino.

Ang said he decided to come out in the open to defend himself and members of his group in the sabong industry whom Patidongan implicated in the killing of the sabungeros.

He said the people identified as suspects by Patidongan—including actress Gretchen Barretto, Eric dela Rosa, and Celso Salazar—were upright people and not criminals.

Ang said that Barretto's only role in their group is to entice more bettors in sabong and nothing else.

"You can see Gretchen sometimes participating in cockfights; that's just for marketing so many gamblers will place their bets," he said.

Asked for his message to the families of the sabungeros whom Patidongan said were buried in Taal Lake in Batangas, Ang said that they are barking up the wrong tree as they are not involved in their relatives' disappearance.

"You will know the truth after investigating, the truth will come out. We are not involved here. I repeat, everyone in our group is decent," he said.

For Ang, the reason why Patidongan implicated him in the case is money, saying his former employee called him and other people from their group and demanded money.

Ang claimed Patidongan wanted money to finance his campaign for mayor of Barobo, Surigao del Sur, and used Bantiles as his conduit to his former boss.