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>Subject: Kris Aquino Rejects GMA 7 Apology >( This is a Regine related article soon.) > >Posted: 11:08 PM (Manila Time) | Jul. 14, 2004 >By Marinel R. Cruz >Inquirer News Service > >"I HAVE strong evidence. I'll see them in court." > >Thus declared TV host and actress Kris Aquino even >after GMA Network >apologized to her over an e-mail that criticized her >talk show and >her personality, for publication in tabloid columns. > > > >Aquino is apparently still intent on fighting it out >with the rival >of ABS-CBN through an 80-million-peso libel suit she >filed recently. > >In an interview on the evening news program "TV >Patrol" on ABS-CBN >last Tuesday, Aquino said, "The e-mail clearly stated >that it was >made for 'Sis.'" She was referring to the GMA morning >talk show that >is in the same time slot as "Good Morning, Kris" that >she hosts on >ABS-CBN. "It said 'pakisulat naman ito at ilagay ninyo >sa column >ninyo.' It had come from the other station and a lot >of people >received it." > >Aquino last Monday sought 80 million pesos in moral >damages from GMA >7 public relations executive Ma Teresa "Tet" Defensor >and four other >GMA 7 executives for an e-mail that Defensor >reportedly sent some >tabloid writers last week. > >Last Monday, GMA 7 "apologized for the inconvenience" >that the column >feed might have caused Aquino. The GMA 7 statement, >signed by >president Felipe Gozon and EVP Jimmy Duavit, said the >column feed was >sent to tabloid writers without their knowledge. > >Aquino's lawyer Sigfrid Fortun said his client did not >accept the >apology of GMA 7. > >"It was a statement of regret for an inconvenience," >said >Fortun. "But the wrong done on Kris was not an >inconvenience but a >purposeful attack on her person." > >Also charged with libel were Gozon, Duavit, VP for >entertainment >Wilma Galvante and public relations OIC Butch Raquel. > >Last Tuesday, Raquel told Inquirer that he neither >knew of the column >feed nor ordered Defensor to send it. > >"It's very clear in the (GMA) statement," he said. >"The network has >no knowledge of the e-mail. Tet admitted sending it >out." > >One of the recipients of the e-mail, Abante columnist >Jojo Gabinete, >published it in full in his July 9 column. He, >however, identified >the sender and printed the accompanying note in which >Defensor >requested that the item be included in his column. > >Defensor still refused to comment even in the face of >rumor that she >is ready to resign from GMA because of the e-mail >incident. > >In her affidavit, Aquino said the column feed implied >that she >is "promiscuous and a woman with loose morals who >should not be >listened to nor viewed as host of a morning TV >program." The e-mail >also referred to "Good Morning, Kris" as "pure >commercialism."
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