Falcis brother to Kris: ‘Don’t mess with 2 gay brothers, the truth’

Kris Aquino's legal battle against the Falcis brothers entered another chapter on Wednesday when Atty. Jesus “Jess” Falcis, the younger brother of her ex-business partner Nicko Falcis, said that the self-styled queen of all media was up against “two gay brothers” who have the “truth on their side.”

The younger Falcis brother called a press conference on Wednesday, during which he broke his silence and called out what he described to be her “lies,” “hypocrisy” and alleged efforts to “silence” critics like himself.

The sister of former President Benigno Aquino III had lodged a complaint for nine counts of cyberlibel against the lawyer over allegedly "defamatory statements" he made against her on social media.

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In his defense, the lawyer said that he did not identify the TV personality when he tweeted about a certain “crazy rich Asian” who was allegedly paying a certain “dilawan blogger” P25,000 a month.

Denying that the tweet was libelous, Falcis presented an Instagram post in which Aquino supposedly admitted giving money to a blogger as a “boost” in order to protect her brother, former President Benigno Aquino III, from online trolls.

 

 

 

 

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Your specific instructions were to identify anti-administration / anti-dds blogs and give them funds to protect your “queendom” through fb boosts. In addition to the Kris Aquino FB Page, I boosted Jover Laurio’s Pinoy Ako Blog page as an advertiser because YOU introduced her to me. Jover magically appeared in YOUR HOUSE when we were in a meeting. You told me you will give me cash so that there will be no paper trail. I used the cash you gave me properly, every peso and centavo. Remember, I'm an accountant, so there’s proper FB documentation. There is no way that "baka may nabulsa sa pondo." I never stole from you, and you know that! I have receipts of the boostings, but you never bothered to review them, including all the reports and updates. Please stop this bullying against my family and I. We refuse to be your victims.

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Jan 7, 2019 at 8:37pm PST

Jess called Aquino a “hypocrite.”

“It’s hypocritical for her to file a libel case when Kris Aquino was the first one to libel my brother. Any libelous statements I made against her are in defense of my brother’s reputation, a defense recognized in libel cases,” said Jess.

Jess questioned Aquino’s recent revelations about her medical condition on social media, remarking that the public figure was being “pa-victim” about it.

He presented in his statement a photo of a medical certificate, saying: “A medical certificate (Aquino) gave to my brother to give to her endorsers because of cancelled shoots show that she knew as early as June that she had 'chronic uticaria.' Another case of lying."

As regards Kris Aquino's claim that said she only discovered she had “chronic spontaneous uticaria” in October 2018, Falcis presented a medical certificate which indicated otherwise.

Aquino, nevertheless, admitted in an Instagram post on Tuesday that she was wrong to cast blame on her former business partner and accountant for her illness for she has known to have allergy attacks as early as 21 years old."

 

 

 

 

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tried my best to take a selfie that looked okay... because all others suffering from autoimmune diseases more debilitating than mine deserve only RESPECT & ADMIRATION from me... the Holy Spirit led me to read this. Galatians 6:NLT 2 Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 3 If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. it shouldn’t be just about me. i believe i can be forgiven for making it about my sons. parents, especially solo ones, will understand me... but maybe i’m on this journey because i can shine a light for others questioning why they’ve been losing or gaining weight, started losing clumps of hair, have numbed hands and feet, feel extreme fatigue or soreness in their joints, experience unexplainable depression, have hives all over the body especially in arms & legs, or have low grade fever often. There are more than 80 autoimmune diseases but when you google autoimmune disease, healthline.com and webmd.com are informative yet easy to read. To end, i was wrong to cast blame on my former business manager for my condition- obviously even at 21 years old when my severe allergic reaction to menstrual pain medicine had doctors asking my sister, viel to sign the consent for an emergency tracheotomy, and the very difficult time while pregnant & giving birth to bimb at 36- heaven already gave me a bonus because most of my symptoms had remained dormant until late 2014 when my hypertension started. Allow me to clarify the financial issue, i asked for an accounting of ?40M invested for my sons, and financial reports for our 12 Potato Corner+Nacho Bimby branches and my lawyers & i were ignored. The lawyer of my former manager’s MENTOR had contacted Dean Nilo Divina today and asked if the 2 of them could talk about a settlement. To him i say, “Maswerte ka, there’s a man who sees you as his own son.” i believe this was out of his own volition, and my respect for that man’s integrity grew even more. Hindi nya kadugo pero tinaya nya ang reputasyon nya. To that man i say, on hindsight, had you and my Ate only spoken in September, we’d have had peace.

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Jan 7, 2019 at 8:25am PST

'We're not Joey Marquez. We're not James Yap'

Jess also defended his older brother Nicko who is facing a complaint for 44 counts of qualified theft filed against him by Aquino.

The lawyer remarked that he and his brother, given their orientation, may put up a different fight than some of the men that the celebrity hosts and actress had locked horns with in the past.

“Don’t mess with the truth. Don’t mess with two gay brothers who have the truth on their side. We’re not Joey Marquez. We’re not James Yap,” Jess said.

“Kung wala kaming katotohanan sa panig namin, eh di bumigay na kami, nakaluhod na kami ngayon. Eh hindi kami nakaluhod eh. Bakit? May pinanghahawakan kaming katotohanan,” he added.

Jess clarified the comparisons to other men were merely his opinion as the past few months had been a trying time for their family.

Aquino accused Nicko of using over P1.2 million from the funds of her production company Kristina C. Aquino Productions (KCAP) for his personal expenses.

The lawyer claimed last November that his brother even received grave threats from actress over the allegation.

"'YOU F*CKING A*SH*LE NICKO!... DARE TO STEP IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOU WILL BE DEAD'," he quoted her as saying.

'The real issue'

Sought for comment on the claims made by Falcis during the press conference, the Aquino camp scored the lawyer for "deafening silence" on what they say is the "real issue."

"The real issue is the misappropriation of funds. First the unauthorized credit card charges. The second is on the P40M investments of Kris which Nicko could not account and refuses to account," lawyer Ricky Dela Cruz of Divina Law said.

"That is part of the trust fund, which Ms. Aquino worked hard for to ensure the future and financial security of her two sons. Ms. Kris Aquino entrusted that investment in good faith with Nicko Falcis," the lawyer added. — LA/NB, GMA News