To those of you who missed the episode of SNN (SHOWBIZ NEWS NGAYON) last night, the new lawyer of Dr. Vicky Belo, Atty. Adel Tamano confirmed the suspicion of many that yes--the controversial doctor to the stars and the rich and famous was also part of the now infamous Hayden Kho sex video diary.
The man she love and trusted, probably her greatest and most passionate love, has apparently not spared her from shame. Any woman would feel the emotional pain of Belo. How deep is the pain this controversy has caused her, we could only imagine.
However, there is a big difference in her case. A big "BUT!" so to speak.
While the other women were unsuspecting, totally unaware that everything intimate and personal that they did with Kho was recorded on a digital camera, in the case of the very famous doctor, there was consent. She knew!
Tamano said that his client knew that the her intimate encounter with Hayden was recorded. "Two consenting adults, with the agreement that it would be erased after the fact, a request from Hayden," according to Tamano, quoting his client, Dr. Belo.
SNN airs late in the evening and that direct confirmation from Belo's lawyer was the latest in this saga of love, lust and betrayal.
Earlier yesterday, I managed to get a similar confirmation from an independent source that in fact Belo's part of the Hayden sex-video file that included actress Katrina Halili and several others.
To date only Halili has come out in the open to file a formal complaint against Kho.
The truth is, if you also caught the daily segment of veteran showbiz reporter and talent manager Lolit Solis in Arnold Clavio and Lala Roque's radio program over DZBB also yesterday morning, you would have probably heard that the very feisty and straightforward Manay Lolit of Philippine Showbiz hinted that Belo was also part of the video file.
This is not actually a shocking confirmation considering that many suspected this all along.
Now---the other question here is, in fact, the very urgent question that needed real answer is the question on who leaked the video file and had it distributed igniting the hate and shame associated with that video-file, still the fastest selling DVD in Quiapo and other sidewalk vendors.
Who has the motive?
The truth is---even the rich and famous---those living in posh and exclusive subdivisions have already seen the video too. The controversy has fueled the interest of all sectors in society that in a way it has become a social equalizer. A very ugly statement of how society, this society in particular views and weighs the value of what is good and bad, of what is correct and what is wrong. --That is another point of course and a whole lot bigger issue that the macro-attention generated by this controversy.
Agencies in government like the Optical Media Board has flexed their muscles to really stop the proliferation of this Kho-sex video but can they really stop it? Can they really apprehend those responsible for this illegal act in the first place? Let us not forget that before Katrina et al, there were others who suffered the same fate, nameless, nobodies...but victims all just the same.
My source, that independent source I mentioned earlier, has in fact shared more information that could provide leads to how the video leaked and distributed in the first place. Like the rest of us---he is an outsider in the Belo-Kho affair--but whose name is mentioned in the controversy because of circumstantial ties with the other players in this very private turned very public saga of real human relationship involving real emotions of real people.
I am tempted to mention his name in this blog entry but that would be pre-empting the article on this one, probably, coming out tomorrow, not really up to me, but up to the editors. But with the Belo-Kho story still the hottest item in the news these days, chances are, it will see print considering the identity of that source who agreed to talk on this very controversial topic.
But let me give a clue, a hint.
That source was approached by Belo to convince the person suspected to possess a copy of the video, not to do upload or distribute it. The "plot" tickens...
As to the matter on whether the authorities can really prevent the spread of the scandalous Kho-sex diary file, that I strongly doubt.
Just about half an hour ago, I was on the phone with a government official. I was following up a separate story, almost at the tail-end of my phone interview with that public official, he said, "have you seen the tape with Vicky in it?" I said "No".
"Well, I have one," he said, "someone gave it to me". The insinuation of the other person on the line is that, the Belo-tape is separate and totally independent of the Kho-sex-diary.
Who gave it to him and who gave the copy to that person who gave it him, we need not anymore inquire. The point is clear---it's there. Out. Mass produced. How many copies? No one knew for sure. But it's there, passed from one person to another, regardless of social status in life.
Now, how can anyone say with certainty that the illegal distribution of this Kho-sex video would stop or would be dealt with accordingly, legally, and with swift disposition, when in reality, it's out there--long before the bruhaha over the video exploded in public.
The continued distribution via email or any other means of this Kho-sex diary is now a matter that is for the individual to decide, depending on a person's sense and sensibilities---values for that matter.
To be able to comment on the issue, one has to see the controversial tape. That is in fact, a sad reality attached to this job. Validation is a must. Proof is essential.
One need not stay glued on the scandalous material for a whole 40-minutes to see that someone played with the lives and reputation of many women who fell for him, love and trust, the whole package!
That's why when he came out in the media to say "SORRY" and insist there was "NO MALICE" in what he did, many reacted with deeper hate to the one person who thought he could get away with it.
A claim of no malice from the man who was seen on video arranging and zooming in the angle of the digital camera---just to make sure he captured everything the way he wanted to, the way he planned it.
How the authorities will put a conclusion on this controversy will be the one true determining factor as to whether acts of this kind would be stopped altogether.
That's why it's really very admirable for someone like Katrina Halili to own up and act with determination to pursue legal options to defend her right and honor, as a woman, as a person, as a human being.
We may judge her for other things, oh sure, we may, the field is open. But let it not be said, that she did not stand up for her right. (end)
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