Katrina Halili's libel case vs Irene junked

MANILA – The Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday dismissed the libel complaint filed by Katrina Halili against Irene Kho, mother of cosmetic surgeon Hayden Kho, due to lack of probable cause.

In its resolution, the prosecutor’s office said Halili failed to prove that Irene acted with malice when she accused the sexy star of using illegal drugs during her television interviews in May.

Meanwhile, Halili’s legal counsel, lawyer Raymund Palad, said he has yet to see the copy of the resolution.

Palad said he and his client will no longer file any motion for reconsideration before the prosecutor’s office. Halili’s camp will instead go directly to the Department of Justice and file a petition for review, he said.

Halili filed two counts of libel against Irene after the latter accused the actress of using illegal drugs and influencing her son to become a drug user during her television interviews on "TV Patrol World."

Halili and Irene’s son, Hayden, got involved in the sex video scandal, which is now the subject of investigations by different agencies of government.

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Katrina Halili's libel case vs Hayden's mom trashed

The Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office junked the two counts of libel case filed by actress Katrina Halili against Irene Kho, the mother of her ex-boyfriend, Hayden Kho Jr., due to lack of probable cause.

In a five-page resolution released Aug. 27, assistant city prosecutor Rafael Villordon said they see no reason to indict the elder Kho of libel since she was able to prove that her statements regarding Halili were done without malice.

“This office has reason to believe that the respondent was able to rebut the presumption of malice under the law. She (Kho) earnestly believed her allegations as true and there is no clear showing that there was any malicious intention to cause damage to Katrina’s reputation," Villordon said.

Kho accused Halili of being “a drug addict” on interviews aired May 25 and 26, during the height of the sex scandal issue involving her son and Halili.

In the interviews, Kho said that it was Halili who taught her son how to use illegal drugs, which prior, was among the many reasons cited by Kho Jr., for his actions—including filming himself having sex with various women.

In her complaint against the elder Kho, Halili said Kho’s “contemptible, defamatory and malicious" remarks had damaged her honor and reputation. Halili denied she is using drugs.

Villordon said Kho’s remarks were not “done recklessly or in utter disregard of whether they were true or false.”

“The statements of Irene in her interviews… were evidently made with good motives and for a justifiable cause as they rose from the natural obligation of a mother to defend her son," he said.

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