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The rape of Pepi Paloma
By: Rodel Rodis - @inquirerdotnet INQUIRR.net U ureau / 04 32 PM March 05, 2014

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We were eating lunch at a Daly City home and watching “Eat Bulaga!”, the
popular noontime variety show on GMA TV, when someone commented FROM AROUND THE WEB
that he read on Facebook that two of the show’s hosts, Vic Sotto and Joey de
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advance for…
named Pepsi Paloma in 1982.

Three young Filipino kids, all recent immigrants, joined in the conversation Forget about
and said that they also heard of the Pepsi Paloma rape case. I expressed arthritis pain - I just
use this daily and I…
surprise because it occurred long before any of them were born. They
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(And we still don’t know why we’re here, please stop the turning of the
world, the morning cried, what did enteng and joey write in the golden
mirror I couldn’t read because someone erased it).

According to these diehard fans of the

Eraserheads, “enteng” is  Vic Sotto
and “joey” is Joey de Leon and the
something that was erased was their
criminal record. The meaning of the
lyrics of this song, the kids shared,
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discussion in Manila universities as
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When I Googled “Pepsi Paloma”, I saw
the link to the video that had been downloaded on Facebook by as many as
66,000 viewers The “Eat Bulaga – Pepsi Paloma story” reported the tragic
tale of Delia Smith, the eldest daughter of Lydia Duenas, a native of Borac,
Northern Samar, and Kenneth Smith, an American letter carrier who
deserted his family when his four children were still young.

When Delia was barely 13, her mother introduced her to talent manager
Rey dela Cruz who changed her name to “Pepsi Paloma” to join his stable of
other “soft drink” beauties which included Sarsi Emmanuel and Cola
Nicolas. Dela Cruz secured Pepsi’s starring role in her first movie, a “bold”
feature called Brown Emmanuelle in 1981.

Less than a year later, according to her account, while promoting one of her
movies, Pepsi met the three comedian hosts of Eat Bulaga – Vic Sotto, Joey
de Leon and Richie D’Horsey (Richie Reyes). The three men took her out to a
bar, drugged her, and then gang raped her in a hotel room. (Because she
was only 14 at the time, these comedians were pedophile rapists.)

To prosecute a crime in the Philippines, you cannot just rely on government

prosecutors, you have to hire a private prosecutor otherwise the case will
be dismissed for lack of prosecution. For this job, Pepsi sought the help of
then Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile who referred her to the senior
partner in the ACCRA law office, Atty.  Rene Cayetano, the father of Sen. Pia
Cayetano and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who offered his pro bono services
to Pepsi.

If convicted of the rape charge, the three comedians faced the death penalty,
a sentence that was meted out previously in 1967 to the four rapists of
movie star Maggie dela Riva. Three of the men were executed in 1972 on
live TV while the fourth escaped the electric chair by dying in prison.

To prevent the same fate from befalling his younger brother Sen Tito Sotto
To prevent the same fate from befalling his younger brother, Sen. Tito Sotto
quickly went to see Pepsi Paloma while she was still securing the services of
Atty. Cayetano. According to her account of this visit, Sen. Sotto “coerced”
her into signing an “Affidavit of Desistance” to drop the rape complaint
against his brother and his cohorts.

[But how could that affidavit be legal when she was only 14 when she
signed it and she did so without the presence of her attorney?  But this
happened in 1982 during martial law and the Sottos were said to be favored
by the Marcos dictatorship.]

How was she coerced? In her November 3, 2012 column in the Philippine
Daily Inquirer, Rina Jimenez David described this incident as follows:
“Paloma eventually dropped the charges after she was allegedly visited by
one of the trio who said he had only talked with her, but only after placing a
pistol on the table in front of her.”

As a result of Pepsi’s signed affidavit of desistance, no criminal charges

were filed against the three comedian rapists even after they went down on
their knees on their show “Eat Bulaga!” and asked forgiveness from Pepsi
Paloma for raping her when she was only 14.

Three years after her rape, on May 31, 1985, Pepsi was found dead in her
apartment with a rope looped around her neck. The police concluded that it
was a suicide caused by “monetary problems” and this was the official story
that appeared in the headlines of the newspapers.

But her manager, Babette Corcuerra, disputed the press account. “She was
earning well and was fully booked for dancing performances. She just
finished the Pepsi Paloma Show at the Bughaw and 10 other beerhouses,”
Corcuerra said, and she had three film offers lined up, she added.

It just did not add up, Corcuerra said. “She was looking forward to
celebrating her 18th birthday next year. She made me promise to throw a
big party for her at a hotel because it would be her debut,” Corcuerra told
the Times Journal.

Was she murdered? Before he passed away, in an interview on ABS-CBN

that was not aired, self-confessed hitman Kit Mateo intimated as much.

“Eat Bulaga!” is now entering its 35th year as the longest-running noontime
variety on air program in the history of television, making millionaires of
its comedic stars.

Sen. Tito Sotto is still in the Philippine Senate serving as the proud
champion of the Holy Roman Catholic Church in his staunch opposition to
the Reproductive Health Act and to all forms of contraception.

Pepsi Paloma would have celebrated her 47th birthday this year.

(Send comments to Rodel50@gmail.com or mail them to the Law Offices of

Rodel Rodis at 2429 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127 or call
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Jun_Sabas • 4 years ago
Ang siste ba eh matapos allegedly ipapatay ni Tito Sotto si
Pepsi Paloma, ang bansang Pilipinas naman ang titirahin
nya? Kanino na naman kayang panulat ang gagayahin
nitong bopol na ito? ijuander...
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Ely found a subtle way of reviving the injustice that made

news in the 80's. The plagiarist met a real artist. by Taboola    
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eleazar66 > eleazar66 • 4 years ago

kaya pala parang may umbilical cord sina tvj na How many touchdown passes did
maski sa tagal ng panahon na pagsasama hindi Fresno State's QB throw in the 2004
bowl game?
maghiwalay . may uri pala sila na pinagsamahan na
para bang kung may humiwalay ito ay mamatay. ano
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Roy Yor • 4 years ago

I think
it's about time to revive the case. In anyway, all evidences
have been written
all over the papers, people who got involved in the case,
one way or another,
can
.shed lights on this, so justice will be served.
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 Roy Yor • 4 years ago
Whilst
I am an avid fan of Eat Bulaga, I completely denounce Vic's
womanizing with his
co-hosts, who are younger to be his granddaughter. When I
heard about Pauline's
having an affair with him, I have just wished it weren't true.
And why call Vic
"Bossing" by everyone inside and outside the show? He is
not the
producer of the show, and he doesn't pay everyone's salary
nor the prices at
stake given in the show.
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Read, learn, write, repeat. > monATmex

• 4 years ago
seriously?
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monATmex > Read, learn, write, repeat.

• 4 years ago
yes. since then, everytime we have a dead
love 1 (specially female) we make sure may
kasama ang body habang preneprepare ng
funeral people.
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AntiBobongIndio > monATmex

• 4 years ago
oo nga.. matagal ng bali-balita yan lalo
na pag maganda and sexy ung
pumanaw eh nirrape pa din kahit ung
bangkay... im not pertaining to all
embalsador hah.. aminin na natin ang
hard reality na may mga embalsador
talaga na gumgawa nyan.. so it's a
good move to have a family member
or someone you can trust to stay while
the cadaver is being prepared for the
funeral..
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SC Kang • 4 years ago

Has any reporter been brave enough to ask Sotto et al
about the song?
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dong adaret • 4 years ago

Let justice be served this time! Let the rapists Vic, Joey,
Horsey & the one who protected them i.e. Sen. Sotto be
persecuted accordingly! They must be the ones who
master-minded the killing of poor raped victim Pepsi
Paloma--who appeared to have had committed suicide.
Mga kababayan, magka-isa na patungkol dito...PASS THE
WORD TO ALL OUR FACEBOOK, EMAIL, TWEETER AND
OTHER MEANS! MABUHAY KA BROD RODEL
RODIS...YOU ARE GOD SENT!
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RomyLitz • 4 years ago
The rape case shoulde be revived against Tito, Vic and Joey,
The senator should be included since he put the pistol on
the table, a show of arrogance and power over the 14
helpless Pepsi Paloma. How I wish their daughters will also
be raped and commit suicide after three years. The Eat
Bulaga should be removed from noontime TV shows. It
should be rated PG18, since the cast of entertainers are
rapists and murderers !!!
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pubringjuandelacruz • 4 years ago

totoo ung istorya... maraming karakter ung kuento...
naalala ko pa nung nsa dos pa si Willie, meron syang
sinabing "Akala nyo (pertaining to Joey and Vic) kung sino
kayong malilinis, kung hindi kayo tumigil sa paninira sa akin,
sasabihin ko in national tv kung anong pinaggagawa nyo
nung di pa kayo mga sikat."
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Diepor • 4 years ago

sad but true
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william guerrero • 4 years ago

this is a cold case...no forensic evidence...the victim is dead
and gone....
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PhoenixPoliticalParty • 4 years ago

Assuming that 7Rodel77 is in fact the same author of this
article, let me extend my hand in friendship and
congratulations for this piece. It is very rare that PDI
contributors appear themselves on Disqus, to bravely
answer comments on their own articles.

The Pepsi Paloma case is, indeed, a dark chapter in the

lives of the EB hosts. Their apology, on bended knees, may
have prompted the victim to forgiveness. Her own death,
whether really suicide or murder came years after, and may
not have anything to do with the supposed rape.

I suppose that the media might come out in the near future
with more stories and films about her that would portray
these TV personalities either on the side of the angels or
demons, depending on who produces them. And from
heaven (or elsewhere), she might look down with humor on
the protagonists, as a once black slave in America would
 the protagonists, as a once black slave in America would
look on dogs fighting for a bone. Because she is the bone.
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dong adaret > Guest • 4 years ago

Hoy Hagakhak, sabihin mo nang may sama ng loob
si Rodis, pero may katotohan naman ang kaso nitong
sina Vic, Joey, Tito & the Horsey! Keep watch pare,
eh kong kapatid mo kaya si Pepsi Paloma, anong say
mo?
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NOGNOG > Guest • 4 years ago

Sir Hagakhak, sa plagay ko po di to tungkol sa
istasyon..wala naman silang kinalaman sa aktibidad
ng kanilang mga talents at empleyado. Bukod don,
wala naman silang problema, ang mga tao lang
naman ang nagbibigay ng intriga sa kanila.
Pero ang mga talents na may mga kasalanan kung
meron man ay dapat pinapanagot sa kasalanan, di
dapat tinatangkilk at para di pamarisan o maging
iboto man kung sakali....
Sori Sir, ang sa akin ay opinion ko lang...kagaya mo
rin na meron din!
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Noel > Guest • 4 years ago

You can't blame Rodis. He's a favorite guest at
Balitang America being featured every day at TFC
(The Filipino Channel) satellite in the US. It's the only
program that he could show off his legal and political
opinions because others don't listen to him.
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JVV123 • 4 years ago

I have no doubt the incident as reported in this column is
true and it's another clear picture of the travesty of justice in
the country, the abuse of the rich, the powerful and
influential people over the helpless, the downtrodden and
poor victims. If they have escaped punishment due to their
standing in the community then the community has to put a
shame on them and cast them out. The country can never
cure its problem if allow these rampant abuses to go
unpunished. .
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jaime sta. isabel, Jr. • 4 years ago
Malabo na iyan, malakas na si Tito kay Pnoy, kapag malakas
ka kay Pnoy tiyak walang makakagalaw sa iyo.Ganyan
talaga ng hustisya sa Pilipinas, kapag mayaman lusot kapag
mahirap kulong o kung minamalas pa ay bitay, meron na
bang mayaman na binitay sa panahon ngayon si Marcos
lang ang bumibitay ng mga mayayaman, wala ng ngipin o
bungal na ang batas natin.Nagkakapustiso lang kapag
kalaban ni Pnoy ang hahatulan.
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Pepe_Tan • 4 years ago

Sino ba naman ang hindi magpapakamatay eh gahasain ka
ba naman ni Richie D'Horsie. Pati gilagid nun eh sungki
sungki. Siguradong aangat ang pweth mo pag binr0cha ka
nun.
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Noel > Pepe_Tan • 4 years ago

Mali ka. Nagpakamatay siya hindi dahil kay Horsie
kundi dahil kay Vic kasi sa haba ng ano ni Vic
umabot sa lalamunan ni Pepsi.
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Pepe_Tan > Noel • 4 years ago

Ahay!!! Dakota ang enteng! Gag reflex ang
Pepsi!
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Noel • 4 years ago

Next...Rape of Rodis.
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Rambotito • 4 years ago

Si joey deleon ang manyakis dyan, kita mo naman ang utak
nyan, puro kababuyan ang sinasabi.
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Guest • 4 years ago

Si Richie D Horsey kaya naubos ang ngipin sa harapan dahil
mahilig kumain ng......&6%4#!....Hindi nag babrush ng ngipin
pagkatapos!
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Guest • 4 years ago

Kasi si Vic kaya gustuhin ng mga babae dahil MAHABA at
MALAKI ang kanyang....&*$!%........baba.!
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Noel > Guest • 4 years ago

Inulit mo lang ang sinabi ko...:(
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white scorpion • 4 years ago
manyakis naman talaga itong si vic. sino ang girlfriend niya
ngayon, ...batang bata di ba? old enough to be his
daughter-in-law.
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Noel > white scorpion • 4 years ago

Manyakis nga si Vic pero payag din ang mga babae
sa mahaba niyang pasensiya...
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playamoth • 4 years ago

Naungkat yan dahil sa pagkontra ni Tito sa marijuana
legalization upang i-expose yung ka-plastikan niya.
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will liam • 4 years ago

Sa USA din. Di ba niRape nila ang Iraq?
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Noel > will liam • 4 years ago

Aba di ko alam iyan. Ano ba ang last name ni Iraq?
Maganda ba?
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fly_by_night • 4 years ago

Only in the Philippines, ang mga magnanakaw at rapists are
glorified.
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Ric • 4 years ago

It was a big news that time....there was no reason for Pepsi
Paloma to make the story....In any case those involved will
not escape God's judgement.
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my_name • 4 years ago

It is an open secret that they raped Pepsi... yet the issue will
never be resolved for life time.

However, the issue will never die down even TVJ die in time.
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ram • 4 years ago
napaka suspicious naman nitong article na ito. parang
inilabas lang para tirahin si sotto. o dahil ba ito sa RH bill?
whatever it is about, parang politically motivated eh.
at that time, ang alam ko ngang accused eh yung tatlo(TVJ).
siguro lang din i was too young to understand what was
happening. pero dapat din i-consider si rey dela cruz.
daming gimik nun eh -- imagine a 13 or 14 year old in a bold
or sex movie??? di ba?
parang ang gulo rin. malakas sa marcos regime yung tvj
pero enrile helped pepsi paloma? sotto also wrote the most
popular song for edsa di ba?
anyway, bakit ba pinatulan ko pa itong article na ito???
hehehehe
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Ronaldo Roma Pepino > ram • 4 years ago

Kasi rape. Pano kung nangyari yan sa sister mo sa
nanay mo at nag sorry lang sa tv, ok lang ba yun
sayo tutal nagsorry naman. .???
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ramaries > ram • 4 years ago

the truth shall set you free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jugular • 4 years ago

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