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Nora Aunor's only hope?
Article posted August 02, 2005
( from GMA-7 of all places. But gud! )
The trip to Los Angeles, California was supposed to have a seamless itinerary of concerts and gigs. However, it has become one of the most serious challenges that Superstar Nora Aunor has to face. Last March 30, the singer-actress was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly carrying eight grams of shabu in her luggage. She was then charged and is currently on trial for alleged possession of illegal drugs.
The primary question on most people’s minds is did she or didn’t she bring the illegal drugs to the US? Is son, Ian De Leon’s suspicion, that an ill-intentioned person or crazed fan slipped the drugs to Nora’s luggage as part of some sick joke, true? Or is there a silent enemy lurking behind Nora’s back who would practically do anything to bring the star bad publicity?
Nora could only turn to her fans and loved ones for support. She instantly gave her word she would never give up on them. As this isn’t the first time that the actress is at the center of a controversy, her children believe that she will survive this one as well. In previous interviews, the Superstar has said that if not for her children, she would not have been brave enough to face the trial and defend her name. Her counsels, Atty. Claire Espina and Atty. Sherwin Edelberg see to it that Nora get this optimism continuously fired up inside.
After Nora pleaded “not guilty” in last April’s arraignment, showbiz talk shows were flooded with calls asking if the Superstar’s concerts would proceed in Las Vegas and in other venues as scheduled. These concerts did push through and were even sold-out.
But come late July, during the most recent of the Superstar’s preliminary hearings, there was new tension in the air. Three witnesses who arrested the actress that fateful day of March 30 were put to the stand. Nora said the experience was “traumatizing” and spectators could attest to this feeling as the actress was seen walking in and out of the court to puff smoke. “It’s okay to be nervous,” Atty. Edelberg has told Nora.
Still, there’s hope for the actress. Her counsels said Nora might just get off the hook because of a legal technicality. There are reports that the arresting police officers failed to read Nora her rights and that they didn’t abide by her request to be assisted of a Tagalog interpreter. “They were talking to her about technical things in a language that she’s not comfortable in,” noted Atty. Espina “It’s positive in that sense. But it doesn’t mean that there will be no trial. There will be a trial certainly because she was bound over for trial, unless the case is disposed off in some other matter.” Along that positive note is the reported admission of the police officers that they indeed weren’t able to read Nora her rights and explain to her the consequences.
Nora remains free, albeit temporarily after posting a bail of $10,000. Meantime, the drama continues for the Superstar. Her next court date is scheduled on August 8 where she is expected to re-enter a plea of “not guilty.”
http://www.igma.tv/article.php?articleid=2012
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>The Music Inside Buzz thinks its people like publicist
>Boy Abunda in channel 2 who keeps fueling that
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