(Quezon City, Philippines - January 11, 2013) - GMA Network filed a civil case for Specific Performance with Damages against Sarah Lahbati with the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City.

 

The complaint of the Network states serious breach of management and program contracts because of Lahbati’s “failure and refusal to comply with her obligations and undertakings under the Management Contract she had signed up with GMA-7 and appearances in her program assignments despite notice and advice.”

 

Further, the complaint also states that Lahbati’s “continuous dishonor and flagrant violations of her obligations to perform her role as an artist in GMA-7’s TV programs is highly detrimental to the entertainment TV block of GMA-7; thus, requiring Lahbati to immediately discharge her contractual obligations with GMA-7.”

 

The complaint includes liquidated damages amounting to P7 million caused by “Lahbati’s refusal to perform her obligations under the Management Contract and other program contracts coupled with her formal notice to take a leave of absence for one (1) month from the network without prior agreement or approval of GMA-7.”