Andi Eigenmann and Albie Casiño before the storm.
MANILA, Philippines—Actress Jaclyn Jose on Saturday defended her daughter Andi Eigenmann from accusations by the mother of her former boyfriend, actor Albie Casiño, of involvement in the mauling of her son outside a bar in Makati City Friday night.
“Investigate first. Find out what really happened before you go public with your accusation against my daughter,” Jose said.
In a phone interview over “TV Patrol” Saturday, Casiño’s mother Rina said her son was beaten up by four men in the parking lot of Fiamma Bar on Jupiter Street in Makati City shortly after Eigenmann slapped Casiño and threw wine on his face.
Rina identified Frank Magalona, Carlos Concepcion, Neil Arce and Jeck-Jeck Lacson as the four who ganged up on her son. She alleged that they were Eigenmann’s friends.
But Magalona and Concepcion denied beating up Casiño.
“I have no involvement with last night’s incident. I was nowhere near the vicinity,” Concepcion posted on his Twitter account.
Casiño was taken to Makati Medical Center for treatment of the wounds and bruises he sustained on his head, face and body.
News about the pregnancy of Eigenmann, 21, daughter of character actor Mark Gil with Jose, rocked show biz in July 2010.
Eigenmann disclosed that Casiño was the baby’s father in an entry on her blog, Posterous.com, in September 2011. She gave birth to Adrianna Gabrielle on Nov. 23.
Casiño refused to acknowledge fathering the baby and said he would welcome a DNA test to confirm Eigenmann’s paternity claim.
In a statement Eigenmann sent Saturday through Star Magic, ABS-CBN’s talent management arm, the actress admitted she threw wine at Casiño’s face “out of impulse.”
She explained: “It was my first time seeing him face-to-face (after giving birth to Gabrielle). He gave me a bad look and I felt really bad. I thought I had moved on but, because of the incident, wounds of the past came back.”
She added: “The next thing I heard, he was being beaten up outside, so I ran and went up to ask him how he was. By his reaction and the way he (cursed) me, it seemed (that) he readily thought I had something to do with it. But I was inside when it happened.”
Eigenmann denied involvement in the mauling. “I believe it should be acceptable for him to accuse me of such a thing, but I honestly didn’t have anything to do with it.”
Jose said it was unfortunate that Casiño’s mother agreed to have herself interviewed on television without first sitting down with her son to talk about the incident.
“If Andi and our family wanted to harm that boy, we would have done it a long time ago—back when he first disowned Andi and their child,” Jose said. “People had advised me to teach that boy a lesson, pero ang sabi ko walang gagalaw d’yan (but I told them no one should touch him).”
Jose also said that even though her daughter denied being involved, she would still try to find out the truth. “That’s what Albie’s parents should be doing, too. Rina shouldn’t have made baseless accusations on TV. Much more so because she’s still (vacationing in Subic) and has not personally spoken with her son.”
Jose added: “This is so unfair to Andi. When that boy maltreated Andi—slapped her and pinned her to the floor—she came home to me crying, but I decided to keep quiet.
“This happened before she gave birth. I actually felt bad because I didn’t even lift a finger to defend her, kasi nga ayaw ko ng eskandalo (because I didn’t want a scandal).”
Jose insisted that her daughter had no idea who mugged Casiño.
“You see, it’s not the first time that he got beaten up—his parent would know this. While my family doesn’t really care about Albie, we hear stories about how he would get so drunk that he would pass out or sometimes pick a fight. Just ask the people who frequent these bars and clubs and they will tell you.”