Gerald Santos admitted that a GMA Network musical director took advantage of him when he was 15 years old.
During the hearing led by the Senate’s Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, Gerald became emotional while trying to admit that he was successfully touched by the unnamed musical director while still working on GMA Network.
The “Pinoy Pop Superstar” grand champion was only told by the people connected to the musical director to move on and told him that it was only a normal occurrence in the industry.
“For 19 years kineep ko lamang ito dahil sa takot ko nga po, sa kahihiyan. Hiyang-hiya po talaga ako lalo na noon dahil ‘yung grupo na nasa loob ay parang dini-dismiss lang nila ‘yung sinabi ko, na parang mag-move on ka na lang kasi kalakaran ‘yan dito,” said Gerald.
“I was only 15 years old at that time your honors kaya wala pa po akong lakas ng loob noon. Contestant pa lang po ako noon. Kaya di ko nasabi agad… Sa parents ko na iyak nalang ng iyak. Kinamatayan na ng lolo ko sa sama ng loob nya kasi di po ako nabigyan ng katarungan po,” he added.
Instead of receiving help, Gerald said he lost many projects, forcing him to go to another network.
Gerald Santos 💔😢🤬
Si Jinggoy naman ‘di man lang patapusin magkwento si Gerald. Umiiyak na yung tao, kahit simpleng sorry man lang ang isiningit para icomfort pero ewan. 🤦♀️ pic.twitter.com/V9P35Yt5xb
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