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DISBARMENT AND STUDENT’S FATAL HAZING

UST law dean sues lawyer for libel,

seeks P120M in damages
By: Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:23 AM October 09, 2017

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She is the primary counsel of the Comelec chief’s estranged wife, Patricia
Bautista, and Castillo’s parents, who had lodged a murder complaint in the
Department of Justice against members of Aegis Juris, the UST fraternity
that counts Divina among its members.

Divina included Patricia Bautista as respondent in one of the libel suits,

alleging that she and Kapunan announced the disbarment complaint that
the Comelec chief’s wife lodged against Divina and 20 other lawyers of the
Divina law firm in the Supreme Court.

Patricia Bautista has claimed that the UST law dean had given
commissions to the Comelec chief for referring clients to Divina Law firm.

Divina also accused Kapunan and Patricia Bautista of violating Section 7

of Republic Act No. 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, as
Kapunan’s interview on ABS-CBN was also posted on the television
network’s website.

“Respondent, in one fell swoop, has tarnished the good name I have
scrupulously built through hard work and good deeds over the years with
her inane and fabricated allegations,” Divina said, referring to Kapunan.

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