Eat Bulaga host and mainstay Jose Manalo is currently facing charges filed by his 17-year-old daughter before the Quezon City Procesutor’s Office on Friday, December 20, 2013.
The comedian Jose Manalo whose real name is Ariel Manalo, is being charged for an alleged violation of Republic Act 9262 or “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.”
The 47-year-old comedian faces the charges which stem from Jose Manalo’s failure to provide financial support to his family, forcing his daughter to stop attending school.
The daughter of Jose Manalo or the complainant, disclosed that she stopped going to school in August 2013, for lack of financial support for transportation, and school expenses.
Jose Manalo’s daughter is being represented by her legal counsel, Atty. Dennis Pangan. The complainant stated that she forced to stop her studies because her father Jose Manalo broke his promise to pay her tuition fees during the earlier mediation proceedings at the Philippine Mediation Center.
The 17-year-old daughter of Jose Manalo is enrolled at the Raffles Design Institute in Taguig City on October 2013 based on her father’s promise. The daughter of relayed that her father even took the school payment schedule so he can send the money on time.
According to the daughter of Manalo who filed charges to her father, Jose Manalo only paid for the initial fees, and nothing more.
As of posting time, Jose Manalo did not release her statement regarding the charges filed by her daughter. We will update this post as soon as we can get more details.