Tuesday, January 28, 2014

My 10-Point Opinion About the Vhong Navarro vs Deniece Cornejo Case

Speculations about the story of Vhong Navarro having been beaten in a condo unit in Forbeswood Heights, Taguig are now flooding the social media. People are showing their support to the actor-TV host, who allegedly attempted to rape the 22-year old model-stylist, Deniece Milinette Cornejo. The said accusation happened on the night of January 22, 2014, in the girl’s own residence.



After reading some articles and having watched the news, questions circulated the Internet asking who’s telling the truth and not. Four days after the incident, Vhong had an interview on Buzz ng Bayan, a local showbiz-oriented show. Everyone saw the host’s brutally damaged face, and how he was unmercifully tortured by Deniece’s friends. He shared what happened that night in detail, starting from his first meeting with Deniece at the same condominium unit. A day after Vhong’s interview Deniece and Cedric Lee (one of the perpetrators) called a news reporter for an exclusive interview to tell their side of the story. Then another report from the police precinct (where they filed a blotter against the host) came out, telling what they witnessed when Navarro and Deniece’s company arrived the precinct.

I then came up with my own overview or let’s say my “educated analysis” based on the versions told by both parties and the police. A report from a security guard in Forbeswood Heights verified that Deniece did inform them of expected visitors that night, including Vhong Navarro. This then led me to my first observation.

1.         Deniece said in their interview that she told Vhong in a text message that she’s not available on the said night, because she had a prior commitment with her friends. 
-  So why did she include Vhong Navarro in her list of guests if she wouldn’t be able to entertain him? Why did she give a list of these “expected” guests??

2.        While I was listening to Cedric’s statement there was a missing piece in his story that I wanted to hear. He said when they came, they saw a naked man on top of Deniece, and that she was kicking that man. When they came in the man immediately fixed himself, trying to get dressed. Then they recognized it was Vhong Navarro.
-  If I was the rapist, I would make sure no one can come in and witness my crime. So Vhong and Deniece just left the door unlocked? Cedric did not even mention HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GO INSIDE the condo unit.

3.        If you were the rape “victim,” wouldn't you ask for justice by filing a case against your rapist?? Why would you settle for a negotiation and for a certain amount? What’s the purpose of police blotter? Why file it in a precinct away from the crime scene if you really want the truth to come out?

4.        How could a police officer free a suspect of such heinous crime? Is torturing the accused part of a citizen’s arrest? One against six?? Or unless there was a conspiracy inside that precinct, was there?

5.        Cedric said Vhong became violent that’s why they used some force to control him.
-   Was he drunk? Or under the influence of drugs? They never mentioned it, nor did the police. And if he did become uncontrollable, there were SIX of them, for God’s sake!!! SIX MEN WERE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CONTROL HIM!

6.        The police who stated what happened in the precinct said, "Pagkakataon na po sana naming ma-solo si Vhong para makausap, kaso sinamahan siya nung isang lalakeng matangkad. Hindi ko nga alam bat sumama pa siya, tinabihan nya si Vhong. Tapos nung hinatid na namin siya sa sasakyan nya nandun parin yung lalake. Hinabol pa nga namin siya para kunan ng statement, kaso sabi nya, wag na po, alang-alang nalang sa pamilya ko."
-  This just means these guys were afraid that Vhong might tell the real story, so they accompanied the police officers in getting him to his car. And Vhong did not give his statement because he was thinking of his family’s safety.

7.        FACT: Cedric already committed the same crime in 2007, where he and his business colleagues tortured their business partner-triathlete, David Bunevacz in front of his wife. It is not impossible if he’d do the same crime or if he had done it to more people (but unreported ones) before. We wouldn't know until they also blow their own whistles out.

8.       To Deniece: Is that a rape victim’s face after the incident? No signs of trauma at all? No honest tears, no fears, NOTHING??? -_-

9.        To Cedric: Why couldn't he look straight into Jay Ruiz’s eyes during the interview? Was he afraid he might be caught lying through his deceiving eyes?

10.   Based on scientific analysis, when a person is trying to "remember" something and is looking down, they’re probably lying. And if a person is looking up trying to remember something, it means they’re really trying to remember facts. Compare the two interviews.

Now the verdict is in the evidences’ hands.  The CCTV footage of the condo unit is definitely the most sensitive evidence of this case. Vhong’s version was more detailed and in sequence, while the other party said such things that can be invented anytime. In the end, justice will be served and THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL.