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00:00In the first instance, Sandro Mulac told some details about the alleged abuse of the independent contractors Jojo Nones and Richard Cruz.
00:11The GMA Network, which has not been covered by the network for a few months, is against any kind of abuse and is immediately giving action.
00:20This is the news brought to you by Ma'am Gonzales.
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00:26Sandro Mulac faced allegations of sexual harassment in the media industry through a videoconference.
00:34He admitted that after their text exchange, he complained about the independent contractor of the GMA Network, Jojo Nones,
00:41he went to his room in a hotel in Pasay early on July 21.
00:47When he arrived at the room, Sandro Mulac told Nones, along with another complainant, Richard Cruz,
00:53that Cruz was drunk and was lying in bed.
00:56Nones gave Sandro Mulac a glass of wine.
00:58What else did he offer you?
00:59I don't know if I can say all the details because it's really sensitive.
01:04Go ahead.
01:08Your Honor, with all due respect, as I mentioned to Senator Padilla,
01:13the other party is not accepting...
01:17Do you want to have it in an executive session?
01:19If we don't finish this, this will go on for a long time.
01:26You're wasting our time here.
01:27Are you going to talk or not?
01:29If not, I will leave.
01:31Sandro Mulac also held an executive session with the senators.
01:36After this, he detailed what happened next.
01:40According to Sandro, Nones was accused of drugs.
01:44I was accused of using 500 pesos bill.
01:47Did Jojo order you to commit suicide?
01:51Yes, Your Honor.
01:52How many times did he tell you to commit suicide?
01:57About three times, Your Honor.
01:58Did you drink wine continuously?
02:00Yes.
02:01Until you got drunk?
02:02Yes.
02:03Did you feel weak?
02:04Yes, Your Honor.
02:06When these two noticed you, what did you feel?
02:10Were you high? Were you feeling weak?
02:14I was drunk, Your Honor.
02:16You lied down in the bed. Am I correct?
02:19I didn't lie down. I was pulled from the bed.
02:22Who pulled you from the bed?
02:24Jojo Nones, Your Honor.
02:25Sandro refused to detail what happened.
02:28But Nones told him something.
02:30Is it true?
02:33Based on my investigation, Jojo Nones told you that what happened here stays here.
02:41Yes, Your Honor.
02:42Who told you that?
02:44Jojo Nones, Your Honor.
02:46So you were sexually harassed, correct?
02:54Yes, Your Honor.
02:57Nones and Cruz denied what Sandro said.
03:01You deny?
03:03Yes, Your Honor. We deny allegations.
03:06What did you do to the child?
03:09We didn't do anything bad to Sandro, Your Honor.
03:12What did you do?
03:14He was there.
03:15We didn't do anything, Your Honor.
03:16Really?
03:17We talked.
03:18Really?
03:19Your Honor, that's not true.
03:23You didn't pity the child?
03:25Your Honor, with all due respect, please don't judge us.
03:29We are not yet convicted in the case.
03:32No, but you're lying.
03:33We are not lying, Your Honor.
03:35Why are you judging? You're lying.
03:36We're also just defending our side.
03:40Nones and Cruz also denied that they made a donation to a charitable institution chosen by the Mulac family.
03:47Senate President Pro Tempore Jingoy Estrada,
03:50because he denied the affidavit of the victim,
03:53and the witness, GMA Senior Vice President Atty. Annette Gozon Valdez.
03:58That's why the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media condemned him.
04:03Because of this, Nones was detained by the Senate.
04:06Gerald Santos, the singer, also cried when he heard the news.
04:10He was also a victim of rape in 2005.
04:13I was raped.
04:16I was raped, Your Honor.
04:19By the musical director?
04:20Yes.
04:21I was only 15 years old at that time, Your Honors.
04:26I really didn't have a strong heart.
04:28When the abuse happened to me,
04:33I really didn't have a strong heart.
04:35I was just a contestant at that time.
04:37He really has power over us, over me.
04:42That's why I didn't say it right away.
04:46Gerald filed a case with the GMA Network 5 years after the incident.
04:51Based on the document held by Estrada,
04:53GMA suspended and dismissed the musical director.
04:57But Gerald said that he felt that his career was affected.
05:01This musical director is connected to other executives inside.
05:10So, I was infuriated inside.
05:15Even though he left, I also left the network.
05:21In the end, Gerald was released from the GMA Artist Center and moved to another network.
05:26The GMA Network assured that it never covered up sexual harassment in the company.
05:31The investigation of Sandro's case is still ongoing.
05:34And the two accused are under preventive suspension.
05:37GMA has had a policy against sexual harassment.
05:39And we have been strict about it.
05:42Again, we have never covered up any incident of sexual harassment.
05:46If they say that the department is not acting on it,
05:49they can go directly to legal, to HR, or to the office of the president.
05:54So there are different avenues, Mr. Chair.
05:56We do not encourage any form of cover-up.
06:00In fact, if there is someone that is covering up the matter,
06:04we also file an administrative case against them.
06:07The GMA Network is against all forms of abuse.
06:11In one statement, GMA said that it does not allow any form of abuse
06:16against artists, personalities, employees, independent contractors, and other stakeholders.
06:22The action of the network is as follows.
06:25After receiving the formal complaint of Gerald Santos in 2010,
06:29after conducting the investigation,
06:31the network immediately implemented the punishment for the accusation.
06:35GMA terminated the contract of the accusation.
06:38And he was not given a job after this.
06:42But the content of the formal complaint filed by Gerald in 2010
06:46is different from the accusation of rape that he mentioned in the Senate.
06:50It was only now that GMA came to know about this matter.
06:54GMA also wanted to clarify the statement of Gerald that he was removed from the network.
06:59He was the one who asked for an early release from his management contract in 2010
07:03that was given by GMA.
07:05In the same year, he immediately left the other TV network.
07:08In addition to this, Gerald also tried to return to GMA
07:11after his contract with TV5 in 2013.
07:14Mav Gonzales was reporting for GMA Integrated News.
07:28For more information, visit www.gmanews.tv