Sandro Muhlach. Image: Instagram/@sandromuhlach
Prior to the sexual abuse that he allegedly suffered in the hands of two television consultants, Sandro Muhlach was also given a form of illegal drugs, a source told showbiz insider Ogie Diaz.
In his vlog, Diaz said that he was talking to a highly-placed source at the Muhlach camp who told him that the young star was prevailed upon to take a form of illegal substance, but the source did not say who offered it to the actor.
Based on Diaz’s narration, citing his source, Sandro received a message from the two suspects who told him to join them at their designated hotel for an after-party with other actors and members of the creative team of GMA network following the recent gala night last July 21.
“Akala ng bata ay puro creatives ang nandon, pumunta yung bata. Pagdating don si Richard at Jojo lang an nandon, at sila ay umiinom. At ang nakarating sa atin ay may illegal substance na pilit na ipina-try kay Sandro. Ayaw nung bata kaya lang na-corner yung bata, ayun na ang nangyari. Nagkaron ng parang hallucination yung bata. Ayun na, according dun sa kwentong nakarating sa atin, na-violate na ang kanyang pagkalalaki,” said Diaz, referring to Richard Cruz and Jojo Nones who have previously been named by GMA Network as the “contractors” who allegedly violated Muhlach.
(Sandro thought the other creatives were going. When he got there, only Richard and Jojo were there and they were drinking. It reached me that there was illegal substance involved that they forced Sandro to try. He didn’t want to but he was cornered. He had hallucinations, and according to the source, that’s when he was violated.)
INQUIRER.net tried to get an independent confirmation from the Muhlach camp but they have not replied yet.
Meanwhile, Cruz and Nones’ lawyer, Maggie Abraham-Garduque declined to comment on the matter as they have yet to receive a copy of the complaint that Sandro filed at the National Bureau of Investigation.
“I do not know if that is part of his (Muhlach) allegation in his complaint, or just a concocted story of people online. As you can see a lot of untruthful stories circulated online coming from persons who have no personal knowledge of the incident,” she said.
Earlier, Cruz and Nones’ camp asked the public to let the investigation run its course and to refrain from making “defamatory” allegations so as not to subject them to trial by publicity.
Meanwhile, Sandro, accompanied by his father, sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation in the case, but the agency did not disclose the names of the respondents. The father and son also requested the case to be kept private.
Face off
Niño also recently faced the two TV consultants who allegedly molested his son in a meeting arranged by GMA.
According to Diaz, Sandro did not attend the meeting due to trauma, and only his father Niño showed up to confront the suspects. Sandro’s biological mother, Edith Mallere, is currently in the United States.
“Kung galit na galit ang stepmom ni Sandro Muhlach, aba, mas doble ang galit ng tunay niyang ina si Edith Millare na ngayon ay nasa US. Ang balita natin nagiiiyak sa phone si Edith at bigla itong [ipinarating] na gusto niyang ipa-Tulfo sina Richard Dode at Jojo Nones,” he said.
(If Sandro Muhlach’s stepmom is very angry over the incident, the anger of his biological mother Edith Millare — who’s based in the US — is double what his stepmom feels. What we heard is that she was crying over the phone and she wanted to bring the case involving Richard Dode and Jojo Nones to Senator Raffy Tulfo.)
“Ipinatawag din ng GMA si Niño Muhlach at ang dalawang sangkot dito at sila ay pinagharap. Much as gusto nilang makita si Sandro, parang hindi gusto humarap ng bata. Kaya ‘yung tatay na lang umappeal. At hindi satisfied si Niño kaya nakahanda naman si Nino magsampa ng demanda o kaso laban sa dalawa,” Diaz added.
(GMA also called for Niño Muhlach and the two to face each other. Much as they want to see Sandro, the child doesn’t want to face them. So it was the father who appealed. Niño wasn’t satisfied over what happened so he’s ready to file a case against the two of them. But based on what we heard, how true is it that the two offered to donate to Niño’s favorite charitable institution? Is that true? But the incident happened last July 21.)
Out of respect to the Muhlachs, Diaz declined to give further details that transpired during the meeting.
“Pero ang narinig nga natin ay gaano ba katotoo na ang alok nitong dalawa ay pagsosorry at magbibigay or magdodonate na lang sa favorite charitable institution ni Niño. Totoo ba ‘yun?” he continued.
(How true was it that we heard that what these two offered was an apology and to donate to Niño’s favorite charitable institution. Is that true?)
Traumatized
Also citing his sources from the Muhlach camp, Diaz was told that the actor has been deeply traumatized by the incident that he had been experiencing sleepless nights.
“Ang [lala] ng tulog ni Sandro. Nakakadalawang oras lang kung makatulog [si Sandro] dahil laging bumabalik sa alaala niya ang nangyari na hindi niya kinaya. Tuwing maliligo raw ito si Sandro ay lagi niyang naalala ‘yung nangyari at laging inuusal ng bata sa nangyari na ‘diring-diri ako sa ginawa sa akin and dumi-dumi ng tingin ko sa sarili ko, ‘yun daw ang pakiramdam ng bata,” he said.
(Sandro has a hard time sleeping. He had been sleeping for two hours because it brought him back to what happened that night. Whenever Sandro takes a bath, he remembers the incident which makes him disgusted of himself. The child feels dirty.)