Actress Julia Barretto filed a cybercrime complaint against former broadcaster Jay Sonza at the National

Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday, September 25, after Sonza posted that the actress is pregnant
with actor Gerald Anderson's child on his Facebook page last September 21

Barretto, accompanied by her mother Marjorie Barretto, personally appeared before the NBI
Cybercrime Division to ask the NBI to investigate the “untrue and irresponsible statements" made by
Sonza on his social media account.

Barretto said she is bent on pursuing the case in spite of a succeeding post by Sonza last Wednesday
retracting his earlier statements.

I am pursuing this case because the statements made by Mr. Sonza are untrue and irresponsible. The
widespread reposting of the news based on his post caused distress to me and my family. I don't want to
take this matter lightly. Mr. Sonza, and all those who publish these reckless and baseless posts, must be
held accountable for their actions so that they think twice before claiming things as fact,” she said.

In an interview with ABS-CBN News reporter MJ Felipe, she added: "Ang dami ko na kasing pinagdaaan,
ang dami ko nang pinalampas lalo na sa social media, binastos na ang reputation ko, ang pangalan ko.
You know, I think I just want to show people na hindi ko na pinapalampas 'yung mga bagay na ganito.

Marjorie Barretto slammed veteran broadcaster Jay Sonza, who claimed in his Facebook post that her
eldest daughter Julia is pregnant with fellow Kapamilya actor Gerald Anderson.

On Friday, Marjorie accompanied Julia in filing a formal complaint against Sonza at the NBI Cybercrime
Division.

In an interview with MJ Felipe, Marjorie said that the irresponsible and baseless post could harm her
daughter's existing contracts.

‘Yung pagka-iresponsable mo lang Mr. Sonza, sobra eh. Hindi ka man lang nagtanong sa mga malalapit
sa buhay niya. Walang pinanggalingan 'yung sinasabi po ninyo," Marjorie said.