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00:00In the first instance, Sandro Mulac accused the Senate of sexual harassment by Richard Cruz and Giorgio Nunez.
00:09And in the middle of the hearing, Nunez was contempted.
00:12Witness, Ma'am Gonzales.
00:18In the middle of the videoconference Sandro Mulac faced in the hearing in the Senate
00:22about the allegations of sexual harassment in the media industry,
00:26he admitted that after their text exchange, he complained about the independent contractor of the GMA Network, Giorgio Nunez,
00:33he went to his room in a hotel in Pasay on the early morning of July 21.
00:39When he arrived at the room, Sandro caught Nunez,
00:42along with another person he complained about, Richard Cruz.
00:45Cruz was drunk and lying in bed.
00:48Nunez gave Sandro a glass of wine.
00:50When asked what happened next, Sandro hesitated to answer.
00:55What else did he offer you?
00:56I don't know if I can say the whole details because it's really sensitive.
01:01Hey, go ahead, say it.
01:05Your Honor, with all due respect, as mentioned earlier to Senator Padilla,
01:10um, the other party hasn't accepted the...
01:14Oh, you want to have it in an executive session?
01:17If we don't finish this, it will go on for a long time.
01:22You're wasting our time here.
01:24Are you going to talk or not?
01:26If not, I'm leaving.
01:28Sandro also held an executive session with the Senators.
01:33After this, he detailed what happened next.
01:37According to Sandro, Nunez was accused of drugs.
01:41I will charge you all using 500 pesos bill.
01:44Giorgio ordered you to be charged. Is that what you call it?
01:49Is that what you call it?
01:51How many times have you been accused of drugs?
01:57Um, about three times, Your Honor.
02:03You've been drinking wine continuously?
02:05Yes.
02:07Until you got drunk?
02:09Yes, Your Honor.
02:11When these two accused you of drugs, what did you feel?
02:15Were you high?
02:17Did you feel weak?
02:19I was drunk, Your Honor.
02:21Did you lie down in the bed?
02:23Am I correct?
02:25I didn't lie down.
02:27I was pulled from the bed.
02:29Who pulled you from the bed?
02:31Giorgio Nunez.
02:33Sandro refused to detail what happened.
02:35But Nunez told him something.
02:37Is it true?
02:39Based on my investigation,
02:41Giorgio Nunez told you,
02:43Giorgio Nunez.
02:45What happened here stays here?
02:47Yes, Your Honor.
02:49Who told you that?
02:51Giorgio Nunez, Your Honor.
02:53You were sexually harassed?
02:55Correct?
02:57Yes, Your Honor.
02:59Nunez and Cruz denied what Sandro said.
03:03You deny?
03:05Yes, Your Honor.
03:07We deny allegations.
03:09What did you do to the child?
03:11We didn't do anything wrong to Sandro.
03:13What did you do?
03:15He was there.
03:17We didn't do anything, Your Honor.
03:19We talked.
03:21We socialized, Your Honor.
03:23That's not true, Your Honor.
03:27You didn't pity the child?
03:29Your Honor, with all due respect,
03:31please don't judge us.
03:33We are not convicted.
03:35Why are you lying?
03:37We are not lying, Your Honor.
03:39We are also just defending
03:41our side.
03:43Nunez and Cruz denied
03:45that they have donated
03:47to a charitable institution
03:49that will be chosen by the Mulac family.
03:51Senate President Pro Tempore
03:53Jingoy Estrada was concerned
03:55because it is against the affidavit
03:57of the victim and the witness
03:59who is GMA Senior Vice President
04:01Atty. Annette Gozon Valdez.
04:03That's why the Senate Committee
04:05on Public Information and Mass Media
04:08decided in contempt.
04:10There is a motion to cite
04:12Mr. Jojo Nunez
04:14in contempt.
04:16Without any objection,
04:18the motion is approved.
04:20So, ordered.
04:22Nunez was detained by the Senate.
04:24Gerald Santos,
04:26a singer, was cried when he heard
04:28that he was also a victim
04:30of rape in 2005.
04:32I was raped.
04:34I was raped, Your Honor.
04:36You're the musical director?
04:38Yes. I was only 15 years old
04:40at that time, Your Honor.
04:42I don't have
04:44a strong heart.
04:46When the abuse happened to me,
04:48I don't have
04:50a strong heart.
04:52I was just a contestant.
04:54He really has
04:56power over us,
04:58over me.
05:00That's why I didn't
05:02say it right away.
05:04Gerald filed a case
05:06in the GMA Network five years after the incident.
05:08Based on the documents
05:10held by Estrada,
05:12GMA suspended and dismissed
05:14the musical director.
05:16But Gerald said he felt
05:18that his career was affected.
05:20This musical director
05:22is connected to
05:24other executives
05:26inside.
05:28So,
05:30I was heated inside.
05:32Even though
05:34he left,
05:36I left the network.
05:38In the end,
05:40Gerald was released from the GMA Artist Center
05:42and moved to another network.
05:44The GMA Network assured that
05:46it never covered up
05:48sexual harassment in the company.
05:50The investigation of Sandro's case continues
05:52and the two accused are under preventive suspension.
05:54GMA has had a policy
05:56against sexual harassment.
05:58We have been strict about it.
06:00We have never covered up
06:02any incident of sexual harassment.
06:04If they say that the department
06:06is not acting on it, they can go directly
06:08to legal, to HR,
06:10or to the office of the president.
06:12There are different avenues, Mr. Chair.
06:14We do not encourage any
06:16form of cover-up.
06:18In fact, if there is someone that is covering
06:20up the matter, we also file
06:22an administrative case against them.
06:24The GMA Network is against
06:26all kinds of abuse.
06:28In a statement,
06:30the GMA said that it does not allow
06:32any kind of abuse to artists,
06:34personalities, employees,
06:36independent contractors
06:38and other stakeholders.
06:40The following was the action of the network
06:42after it received the formal complaint
06:44of Gerald Santos in 2010.
06:46The investigation was immediately carried out
06:48and after that, the network immediately
06:50implemented the appropriate punishment
06:52for the accused.
06:54The GMA terminated the contract of the accused
06:56and did not take him back
06:58or give him a job after that.
07:00However, the formal complaint
07:02filed by Gerald in 2010
07:04is different from the accusation of rape
07:06that he mentioned in the Senate.
07:08It was only now that the GMA knew
07:10about this matter.
07:12The GMA also clearly stated
07:14the statement of Gerald that he was removed
07:16from the network. He was the one who asked
07:18for the early release from his management contract
07:20in 2010 that was given by the GMA.
07:22In the same year, he also immediately
07:24withdrew from another TV network.
07:26In addition to this, Gerald also tried
07:28to return to the GMA after his contract
07:30with TV5 was terminated in 2013.
07:32For GMA Integrated News,
07:34Ma'am Gonzalez is your witness.
07:54For GMA Integrated News, Ma'am Gonzalez is your witness.