A councilor of Lipa City, Batangas, was charged before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly sexually assaulting a young municipal councilor inside the house of another local lawmaker last June.
The case stemmed from the complaints of the 20-year old municipal councilor of San Pascual, Batangas, who claimed that the incident took place inside the guest room at the house of Lipa City Councilor Kathleen Briones in Xavierville Avenue, Quezon City, in the morning of June 28, 2013.
In her 8-page complaint-affidavit, the complainant narrated that before the incident, she, together with Monfero and another Lipa City Councilor Joey Pua were invited to temporarily stay at the house of Briones while attending the five-day “Introductory Course on Excellence in Local Legislation” at the National College of Public Administration and Governance-University of the Philippines (NCPAG-UP) in Diliman, QC, from June 24 to 28, 2013.
In the said house, the complainant and Briones slept at the latter’s room while Monfero and Pua slept at the guest room for the duration of the training.
A day before the end of their training, Councilors Briones, Pua and the respondent were preparing for their oathtaking in Manila Hotel and their return to Batangas after the ceremony while the complainant was persuaded by Briones’ father, Rep. Nikki Briones, to continue their stay at their house wherein her only companion is their housemaid.
The complainant, who acceded on the offer of Rep. Briones to stay in the house, said that when she arrived at the house on the night of June 27, she decided to just sleep at the guest room since it has an air-conditioning unit.
In the morning of the following day while she was sleeping, the complainant claimed that she seemed to be dreaming since she heard someone is whispering on her ears and kissing her left ear.
The complainant just ignored it since the whispering suddenly stopped then continued her sleep.
After a few minutes, the complainant suddenly awakened when she sensed that someone is lying beside her inside the comforter she was using and her breasts were already exposed.
The complainant further claimed that the already naked respondent went on top of her then started kissing her and licked her breasts despite her struggle.
“Hindi ako makagalaw sapagkat bukod sa nag-aagaw antok at gulat sa pangyayari, hawak-hawak ni Patmon ang aking dalawang kamay at nakaipit ang aking hita habang nakadagan din siya sa aking mga tuhod,” the complainant stated in her complaint.
While the respondent was doing the assault, he allegedly told the complainant that he loves her and that he would leave his family for her.
The complainant, however, did not stop from struggling to free herself but the respondent allegedly continued on licking her breasts until he inserted his finger on her private organ.
The lady councilor punched the head, face and shoulder of the respondent while she was shouting to stop what the latter was doing to her but he ignored her.
While she was struggling, the complainants hed hit one of the corners of a small table located near the bed that resulted in laceration.
The respondent was surprised momentarily when the complainant’s head was hit but resumed his sexual assault on her, who happened to get her cellular phone placed under the pillows.
When Monfero saw the complainant that she was about to call for her help through her cellular phone, he stopped the assault and just seated at the bed.
At this juncture, the complainant stood up, took her cellular phones and bag then ran towards the door but the respondent blocked and embraced her before apologizing to her.
But the complainant struggled again and hit the respondent with her bag then ran towards the room of Councilor Briones where she locked herself and called up a fellow councilor, Leoncio Kiat Jr., asking him to fetch her up.
While the complainant was locked in said room, Monfero knocked on the door and pleaded to just talk about the incident. The complainant, however, did not open the door until Monfero stopped knocking.
The complainant only came out of the room when it was the housemaid of the Brioneses’ knocked on the door.
She went out of the house when Kiat already arrived while the respondent was left inside the house.--Source: Journal Online