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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