Republic of the Philippines

MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES

Talisay City, Cebu
Branch 1

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Plaintiff,

-versus- CRIM. CASE NO. 17208

For: LIGHT ORAL DEFAMATION

LETICIA CALLORA, ET. AL

Accused
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COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT

I, LETICIA CALLORA, Filipino, of legal age, married and a

resident of Brgy. Jaclupan, Talisay City, Cebu, after having been sworn in
accordance with the law, hereby depose and state:

1) That I am one of the respondents who was WRONGFULLY,

MALICIOUSLY and CAPRICIOUSLY charge in the above
captioned case filed by complainant;

2) That I vehemently deny, belie and refute the false accusations

levelled against me in the affidavit-complaint executed by SUSAN
EBALLES, as the same is designed to pursue me in the false hope
that, for fear of litigation, I would succumb to their iniquitous,
undeserved and dissolute demand;

3) That the allegations contained in the complaint affidavit of are all

lies and are not substantiated by any documentary or object
evidence;

4) That there is no truth to the allegations on the complaint affidavit

as well as the allegations of the affidavit of witness;

5) The truth of the matter are the following:

a) The we have a verbal altercation with Susan Eballes pertaining

to the leadership of our purok. She was replaced as our
president in purok and she couldn’t accept that fact that is why
she was very angry;

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 b) She was so upset when I ask her about the assistance during the
pandemic. After I asked her about the assistance being our
purok leader, she was so upset and she put up a finger on my
face;

c) That the allegations of the witness are not true and it is just a
reiteration of the allegations of the complainant. The witness is
the live-in partner of the son of the complainant and they live
under the same roof;

6) That there is no truth of the matter that I uttered her “You acquire
some bamboo for the construction of our purok without paying it”,
however, even if its true, it does not constitute a crime for light
oral defamation as it does not discredit her honor;

7) That at the very onset, this case is dismissible outright as the

allegations contained in the Affidavit-Complaint would not make
out a case, much less a criminal case for psychological abuse;

8) In sum, the instant complaint was clearly filed for purposes of

exasperating me or for any other malicious reason;

9) That based on the foregoing glaring factual truths, the undersigned

respondent only begs that this case be treated for what it really is, a
criminal suit without basis in fact and in law;

10) I further reserved the further presentation of other evidence,

documentary or otherwise;

11) This affidavit is executed to attest the truth of the foregoing facts
and to support my plea for the outright dismissal of the instant case.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day

of _____________________ 2020 at _____________, Philippines.

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LETITICA CALLORA
AFFIANT

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this __ day of ________2020

at____________________.

Doc. No. ___ Book No. ___

Page No. __ Series of 2020