TV host Vhong Navarro granted bail

Actor and television host Vhong Navarro has been granted bail after the Taguig City court presiding over the rape charges filed against him found too many inconsistencies in Denice Cornejo’s statements and evidence to lead to an inference of Navarro’s guilt.

Navarro’s bail was set at P1 million and a full trial will still be held.

While the testimony of the victim alone is enough to make a conviction of rape, it must be put to great scrutiny, said Presiding Judge Loralie Cruz Datahan of Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 69 who is overseeing the case.

Datahan cited three major inconsistencies, one of which was Cornejo’s claim that she was drugged by Navarro. Cornejo adm…

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