Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

City of Silang, Cavite
Branch 28

DOCKET NO. L-1234567

BEA S. ALPOMBRA
Plaintiff

- versus- FOR: VIOLATION OF R.A. No. 7610

on Child Abuse
GERALD D. ALPOMBRA
Accused

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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT
(of Prosecution witness BEA ALPOMBRA in lieu of Direct Testimony)

I, BEA S. ALPOMBRA, of legal age, married to Gerald Alpombra, with address at No.
13 Camia Street, San Antonio Subdivision, Looc, Silang, Cavite, after having been duly
sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

That in accordance with A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC, which prescribes the use of judicial
affidavits to serve as the direct examination testimony of the witness, on the basis of which
the adverse party may conduct their cross-examination on such a witness, I hereby execute
this judicial affidavit in a question and answer format;

That conformably with section 3 (b) if the said A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC, I also state that it
was Atty. Peter Dela Cruz, with address as 125 Gamboa St., Silang, Cavite City. The
examination being held at the same address, who conducted the examination.

That conformably also with section 3 (c) thereof, I hereby state under the pain of
perjury that in answering the question asked of me, as appearing herein below, I am fully
conscious that I did so under oath, and that I may face criminal liabilities for false testimony
or perjury.
 AND UNDER OATH, AVERS THE FOLLOWING:

Q: What is your name?

A: Bea S. Alpombra, Sir.

Q: What is your civil status?

A: I am married to Gerald Alpombra.

Q: Do you have any children?

A: Yes. I have two children with Gerald. Two girls, Julia and Maja.

Q: How old are your children?

A: Julia is seven (7) years old. Maja is three (3) years old.

Q: How would you describe Gerald’s behavior?

A: At the beginning of our relationship, he was sweet and charming. Along the way, I noticed
his tendencies to be hotheaded and short-tempered. When we got married, his temper got
worse. At the time we had our first child, it was as if he was a whole different person as the
day I met him.

Q: How does he treat you?

A: Again, at first he was kind and patient. After a while, he would quickly get angry at me.
He would snap at me multiple times a day. He would get angry whenever he felt the slightest
bit of discomfort or whenever any small thing would irritate him. I am terrified of him.

Q: How does Gerald treat you in front of your children?

A: He treats me no differently in front of them than when we’re alone.

Q: What do you mean by that?

A: When our children are around, Gerald doesn’t bother to lower his voice when he screams
at me. He shouts at me and he throws tantrums even when our children are in the room.
Even when our children are visibly affected, he doesn’t mind them at all.

Q: Can you give me a specific instance wherein Gerald was like this in front of your children?
A: I was using my computer one night when Gerald came in the room. He was full of rage.
He went straight to my computer and repeatedly stomped on it. It was broken beyond repair.
I don’t think he even noticed that Julia saw everything. She looked traumatized. I consoled
her for the remainder of the evening, she would not stop shaking and crying. She asked me,
“mama, sasaktan po ba tayo ni papa?” I comforted her and told her that her dad was just
having a bad day.

Q: Can you give me another instance wherein Gerald was like this in front of your children?
A: At the time, I just finished doing the dishes, I was attending to Julia and Maja in the
bathroom. Gerald approached me and asked me to wash his water bottle. As I was full-
handed at the time, I asked him to wish it as he was not preoccupied. He was clearly irritated
at what I had said and he immediately threw his water bottle. He shouted, cursed, and called
me “an asshole.” Our children witnessed everything. They were traumatized and would not
stop crying.

Q: Did you ask for any help from anyone after this incident?
A: Yes. I texted my mother-in-law telling her about what happened.

Q: How did Gerald feel about you contacting his mother?

A: He screamed and cursed at me in front of our children. I tried to record it, but as soon as
Gerald saw what I was doing, he immediately grabbed my phone to delete the recording. I
tried not to let go of my phone, it was my only chance for anyone to believe me. I did it for
our children. Sometime during the struggle, I suffered injuries in my hands and arms. My
children were terrified and insisted that I should not sleep in the same room as their father.
We all feared for our safety.

Q: Were there any instances wherein Gerald was neglectful of your children?
A: Yes. There were several instances.

Q: Can you give me a specific instance wherein Gerald was neglectful of your children?
A: When Maja wasn’t born yet, I had a medical emergency, I was experiencing severe
abdominal pain. The pain was excruciating, I was really suffering. I was confined in the
hospital due to gall stones. Suddenly, Gerald appeared with Julia. I felt comforted that he
cared to visit me and surprise me with letting our daughter visit me. I felt as though any
problem could be conquered as long as my family was with me. However, my heart dropped
when I saw Gerald’s indifferent expression. He didn’t care for me, I was such a fool to think
otherwise. Apparently he just wanted to drop off Julia at the hospital because he didn’t want
to be bothered to take care of her at home. He left her there without any proper bed to lay
on. My bed was small and were full of tubes connected to my body. Gerald didn’t even care
to leave any money for her food or necessary expenses.

Q: If Gerald did not leave any money, how did Julia eat and where did she sleep?
A: We had to make do with what we had. I gave my only pillow and blanket to Julia, she slept
on the floor. Whenever the staff would give me my allotted meals, I would give half to Julia.
We split everything, even the drinking water that the hospital provided.

Q: Did you and Gerald ever try to reconcile your differences?

A: Of course, we even went to family counselling.
Q: Did the family counselling mend your relationship in any way?
A: No. Gerald did not exert effort and stopped attending the moment that he felt like it.

Q: How did you come to know this child psychologist?

A: She is Gerald’s aunt. She has known him for a long time. Gerald’s parents contacted her
on June 8 when I visited them.

Q: Would you please describe to me in detail everything that happened on June 8?

A: On June 8, I was incredibly distressed from the previous evening, I realized that the events
could have affected my children psychologically even more so than they had affected me. I
needed to ask for help from my parents-in-law. Knowing that Gerald would not approve of
this and afraid that he might physically restrain me as he did the night before, I made an
excuse that I would be going to my grandmother’s house. Once I arrived at the house of my
parents-in-law, my mother-in-law called her own sister, a child psychologist, to speak with
me. I told her about all of the events which affected the children psychologically. She then
informed me of Gerald’s behavioral problems. That even prior to all of the events, as his aunt
and having known Gerald for a long time, she already noticed Gerald acting similarly before
as he had been acting with us in our home.

Gerald’s parents told me that they would talk to Gerald the next day when he would go to
meet them in their family’s office.

They said that they were going to tell Gerald not to return to our home in Rockwell and that
he would have to stay with them in San Juan so that our children and I would not be
displaced. This was strongly suggested by Gerald’s maternal aunt, the child psychologist.

On my way out, I saw Gerald’s sister who told me that Gerald wanted to talk to me over the
phone. My heart raced and my palms immediately became sweaty. Upon learning that
Gerald knew that I was talking to his parents, everyone in the meeting were caught off guard.
I tried to muster up enough courage to face Gerald that night, keeping in mind that as long
as my in-laws were going to push through with their plan to talk to Gerald the following day,
things might turn out okay.

When I arrived at Rockwell, I went straight to the playground where my kids were playing
with the supervision of our helper. My kids told me they felt unsafe and were scared to return
inside the condominium unit, we all stayed outside until late that evening. I allowed our helper
to leave once Gerald fell asleep. I asked our helper to come back the next day as early as
she could to prevent any incident between me and Gerald.

My children and I quietly went inside our condominium unit, doing our best not to wake up
Gerald. I was incredibly afraid that Gerald would wake up any moment and begin an incident
in our household again. I could barely sleep knowing that my children and I were under the
same roof as Gerald. It was only until our helper arrived that I was finally able to get the little
rest that I could. I was physically and mentally exhausted as this was already at around five
o’clock in the morning.

Q: How did Gerald react when he discovered that you and your children were moving to
another place?
A: He was infuriated. He threatened to file a kidnapping case against me. He told me
verbatim that, “ipapadampot kita sa pulis.”

Q: Do you and your children live with Gerald?

A: Right now, no. The best recourse, considering the mental and psychological pain that my
children were suffering, was to move to any place where Gerald was not there.

Q: How do your children feel now that they do not live with their father?
A: They are relieved and they are able to relax now unlike before when we lived with Gerald.
Julia is now able to socialize with other children her age. She is happier and is able to sleep
properly at night. Maja is just generally happier and much cries less.

Q: In summary, how would describe what you and your children feel now that they do not
live with Gerald?
A: We feel safe.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand below this 12th day of September,
2019 at Silang, Cavite City, Philippines.

BEA S. ALPOMBRA
Affiant

ATTESTATION CLAUSE

I, ATTY. PETER B. DELA CRUZ, hereby attest that I faithfully recorded the questions
propounded and the corresponding answers given by the witness MARIA A. REYES. I duly
interpreted the questions I asked in the tagalog dialect which the witness understands as
she provided the answers the best way she could which were duly translated by me in the
English Language. I did not in any way coach or taught or instruct the witness on how to
answer or any other person or persons then present or assisting the witness regarding the
latter’s answers.
 ATTY. PETER B. DELA CRUZ

Issued on September 13, 2019

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 12th day of September, 2019 at

Silang, Cavite City, Philippines. Further, I certify that I personally examined the herein affiant
that he voluntarily executed and fully understood his statements.

ATTY. JOSEPH L. CRUZ

Issued on September 12, 2019