Mayor of Clarin, Misamis Occidental, Allegedly Beats Up A Massage Therapist
CEBU CITY, Philippines- David Navarro, Mayor of Clarin, Misamis Occidental was arrested on Thursday afternoon, October 24, for allegedly beating up a massage therapist.
Clarin Mayor David Navarro was about to board a plane at the Mactan Cebu International Airport around 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 24, when he was arrested by police. He was on his way to leave Cebu City to Manila when he was arrested.
According to the article of inquirer.net, He was accused of beating up massage therapist John Duenas who was assigned to massage the mayor in the absence of his personal massage therapist. The complainant told reporters that Navarro was upset that the massage parlor he worked at in the Fuente Osmeña area did not have a female therapist available.
Security camera footage obtained by police showed Navarro punching Duenas in the stomach and grabbing him. Witnesses say that Navarro was allegedly drunk at that time.
The video showed the mayor’s security aides holding Dueñas while the man in the video – whom the police identified as Navarro – punched him multiple times. When asked by media why he punched Dueñas, Navarro said in Cebuano, “He started it. He (Dueñas) insulted me.”
According to the article, the mayor did not elaborate on how he was insulted, but he did not deny it was him on the CCTV video. The mayor was charged with acts of lasciviousness, unjust vexation and physical injury at the Cebu City prosecutor’s office. Navarro denied the accusations against him.
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