Atty. Salvador Panelo, the legal counsel of controversial model Deniece Cornejo revealed that his client attempted to commit suicide by slashing her wrist.
According to the statement issued by one of the accused in Vhong Navarro’s serious illegal detention case, she decided to take her own life to “call attention from the injustice she is suffering.”
Deniece Cornejo‘s legal counsel is referring to the dismissal of the case she filed against actor-host Vhong Navarro in connection with the January 22, 2014 incident at Forbeswood Heights, Bonifacio Global City.
Here’s the official statement of Deniece Cornejo’s camp:
Deniece Cornejo slashed her wrist this morning to call attention to the injustice she is suffering from – and as a symbolic protest against the July 11, 2014 anomalous dismissal of the rape case she filed against Vhong Navarro, which rape complaint she already formally withdrew on July 4, 2014, so she could focus on her defense on the serious illegal detention and perjury cases filed against her.
Dismissal of the rape complaint by the City Prosecutor of Taguig, already previously withdrawn by the complainant Deniece, is grave misconduct and smacks of evident bad faith intended to further impair her credibility.
She is presently in a state of depression and going thru sleepless nights.
Deniece Cornejo who is now detained at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Quezon City is one of the accused in the serious illegal detention case filed by Vhong Navarro.
Deniece Cornejo’s suicide attempt was first reported in Coolbuster.net. Their camp issued a statement regarding her suicide attempt on ABS-CBN showbiz oriented talk show “The Buzz” aired on Sunday, July 13, 2014.
