Lawyer of Director Darryl Yap Seeks Court Order To Prevent Vic Sotto’s Camp from Speaking about Unreleased Biopic
DARRYL YAP – The lawyer of the controversial director asked the court for a gag order on the camp of Vic Sotto.
After countless Filipinos have watched the Pepsi Paloma movie teaser, comedian and Eat Bulaga! host Vic Sotto filed a case against Yap, the director of the film. He is suing Yap for 19 counters of cyberlibel over the controversial teaser.
The teaser of the Pepsi Paloma film highlighted an accusation against Sotto. It also dug up a controversy that was buried decades ago. Sotto, Joey de Leon, and the late Richie D’Horsie’s names were dragged in the controversy with Pepsi Paloma.
Vic Sotto is suing Darryl Yap for P35 million over the teaser of the Pepsi Paloma movie that highlighted an accusation against him. Pauleen Luna-Sotto, the wife of bossing, accompanied him when he filed a cyberlibel case against the filmmaker last January 9.
Vic and Pauleen arrived at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) to file a case against Yap. According to the Eat Bulaga host, he is against the spread of false information. He expressed that many people are asking about his reaction to the teaser of the film and the filing of the charges is his response.
Darryl Yap claimed that his materials are all based on documentaries that were published and made accessible to the public. According to him, the film must be viewed first. He believes that he did not fall short in the said movie.
Recently, the lawyer of Darryl Yap also asked the Muntinlupa Court to issue a gag order on the camp of Vic Sotto as per a report on Inquirer. It will prevent the camp of Sotto to reveal details about the upcoming biopic.
Based on the report, in case the gag order request gets a green signal from the Court, the details on the response of the camp of Yap to the writ shall be kept in “strict confidence”.
The camp of Sotto also requested for the taking down of all the promotional materials related to the controversial movie. However, as for the camp of Darryl Yap, they have yet to receive a stop order.
Darryl Yap’s lawyer also claimed that Vic Sotto was sent a copy of the script prior to the airing of the teaser of the Pepsi Paloma film.