Motorist Jimmy Pascua said that he would not withdraw the charges against moto vlogger Yanna Aguinaldo even after the latter’s lawyer had publicly apologized.
Atty. Ace Randolph Jurado, the lawyer of Aguinaldo, read the letter of apology to Pascua after the Land Transportation Office (LTO) hearing in Quezon City.
Aguinaldo didn’t attend the hearing and let her lawyer apologize.
“Paulit-ulit akong humihingi ng sorry sa kanya ay sa kaniyang buong pamilya sa naidulot kong abala at kahihiyan, nawa ay maghilom ang sugat na aking naidulot sa tamang panahon,” ani Atty. Jurado habang binabasa ang liham ni Aguinaldo.
Despite the public apology, Jurado said he was not planning to withdraw charges against Aguinaldo.
“Hindi naman sincere ang sorry kaya tuloy ang kaso,” Pascua said.
It can be recalled that Aguinaldo reportedly earned money from the video despite the alleged privacy breach she committed against Pascua.
In a Facebook post circulating on social media, Aguinaldo earned more than P50,000 from the video before deleting it.
“Okay lang naman na namakyu siya, ang problema lang doon ay hinintay ako sa tulay,” he said.
“Hindi na po (ako) makalabas gaano. Gabi-gabi na lang umuuwi para lang makaiwas sa mga tao. Nagtatrabaho lang po ako, hindi po ako mayaman,” he added.
Even LTO said that they would pursue the case against Aguinaldo despite the public apology.
“Kami po rito sa LTO, kahit po meron nang ganyan (apology letter), tuloy pa rin po iyong administratibong kaso na isasampa namin,” they said.