Sarah stands by troubled Richard

Actress Sarah Lahbati on Friday said she was confident that her partner, Richard Gutierrez, “would get through” the P38.57-million tax evasion case filed against the actor by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

“This is not my issue to talk about, but I will always be here for him. He isn’t doing anything wrong; he pays his taxes, so I don’t know why this is happening,” she told reporters at the launch of her new book, “True Beauty.”

“I don’t want to be negative, because I know he will settle this,” added Sarah with whom Richard has a 3-year-old son, Zion.

“I noticed that this happens to a lot of celebrities; lagi silang tinitira,” she pointed out. —ALLAN POLICARPIO