Veteran comedian and TV host Willie Revillame was ordered arrested over the controversial 2011 issue against him involving charges of child abuse and child exploitation. The Court of Appeals gave the go-signal for the arrest and prosecution of Willie Revillame.
According to an 11-page decision issued by the Appeals Court 13th Division through Associate Justice Ma.Luisa Quijano-Padilla, it said the Quezon City Regional Trial Court correctly issued the order.
The 54-year-old Willie Revillame was charged with child abuse because of the March 2011 episode of his defunct show “Willing Willie,” wherein he made a six-year-old boy perform gyrating moves like male strippers which caught the attentions of netizens and enraged child rights groups.
During the said TV show, Willie Revillame even asked the boy to repeat his dance moves and gave he boy P10,000. The host also tried to imitate the boy’s moves and at one point raised the boy on hydraulic circular platform while the host shouted “beer pa.”
The boy at one point appeared to have been crying while doing the dance moves. The Department of Social Welfare and Development filed a complaint for violation of Republic Act 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse Law before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office, which later on filed the case in court.
BAKIT SA TAGAL NA PANAHON , NAUNGKAT NA NAMAN. ANG NAKIKITA KAY WILLIE AY YONG MGA HINDI SINASADYANG PAGKAKAMALI , PERO YONG MGA KABUTIHAN NIYANG NAGAWA AY HINDI NAPAPANSIN. TALAGANG HINDI TITIGILAN NG ISANG GIANT ESTABLISHMENT SI WILLIE HANGGANG HINDI NILA MAKITANG MAGHIRAP ULIT. WILLIE HANG IN THERE, SIGURO NAMAN MAHUSAY ANG MAGTATANGGOL SA IYO. TRUST THE LORD !!!