Aiko asks QC court to end marriage with hubby

Actress and Quezon City Councilor Aiko Melendez has sought the annulment of her marriage with model Martin Jickain, barely two months since their separation last September. The Quezon City Regional Trial Court is set to raffle on Friday afternoon the petition filed by Melendez seeking the annulment of her nearly two-year marriage with Jickain. The court refused to reveal the grounds cited by the councilor in her petition for nullity of marriage, citing the confidentiality of the petition being a family matter. Two months ago, Melendez was granted a temporary protection order (TPO) to keep Martin away from her and their one-year old daughter. Melendez reportedly cited physical abuse and Jickain’s relationship with another woman as grounds for her TPO petition. Jickain has since denied that a "third party" was involved in their break-up. Shortly after the court approved the TPO, Melendez last October 26 filed a permanent protection order (PPO) against Jickain, which remains pending in court. Meanwhile, a source disclosed that the reasons cited by Melendez in her annulment petition were almost the same as the ones that were used to justify her earlier TPO and PPO petitions. Jickain and Melendez were married in 2005, following the annulment of Melendez’s marriage with actor Jomari Yllana several years ago. - GMANews.TV