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-- )e#sus * )e#sus * Ci+il Case No, -.*/01-Ci+il Case No, -.*/
01-2o#3 4ecla#ation of Nullit! of 2o#3 4ecla#ation of Nullit! of Ma##iage unde# A#t, 56 of the Ma##iage unde# A#t, 56 of the 2a7il! Code
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JU4ICIAL A22I4A)IT O2 M&, PILITA
JU4ICIAL A22I4A)IT O2 M&, PILITA CORRALE&CORRALE& The
The folfollowlowing ing dirdirect ect exaexaminminatiation on of of witwitnesness,s, PILIPILITA TA CORRCORRALE&ALE&,, ofof legal age, Filipino citizen and a resident of Unit 16 Avida Brion Towers, legal age, Filipino citizen and a resident of Unit 16 Avida Brion Towers, Guadalupe,
Guadalupe, Makati Makati CitCit, was conducted by, was conducted by Att!, I)< E4O4OL Att!, I)< E4O4OLLONLON and and taken on the latter’s office address at Unit 505 Peninsula Court Bldg, taken on the latter’s office address at Unit 505 Peninsula Court Bldg, !akati "#enue, cor Paseo de $oxas, %alcedo &illage, !akati City, !etro !akati "#enue, cor Paseo de $oxas, %alcedo &illage, !akati City, !etro !anila
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'(()$ '( T)%T*!'+ '(()$ '( T)%T*!'+ The testimony of the witness is
The testimony of the witness is being offered to -ro#e the following.being offered to -ro#e the following. /
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". * * am am Pilita Pilita Corrales, Corrales, 27 27 years years old, old, (ili-ino, (ili-ino, married married toto !r "mado $eynoso
2 . "re you #oluntarily testifying before this court about your -ersonal knowledge about the )ros8
". es
9 . 6hat is your current -rofession8
". * am a musician at %age Bar, !akati %hangri:la ;otel < . ;ow long ha#e you been working at %age Bar8
". !y em-loyment started in (ebruary 20/<
5 . 6hat exactly do you do as musician at %age Bar
". "s a -rofessional singer, * do li#e musical -erformances * also -lay har- and different string instruments for our guests
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7 . !s 6itness, who is the -etitioner and res-ondent in this case8
". The -etitioner is !rs *sha !artin )ro The res-ondent is !r (eli-e )ro
@ . ;ow do you know the -etitioner and res-ondent8
". The -etitioner is my close friend in college %he introduced her husband to us during class reunion in 20/9
A . To your knowledge, why did -etitioner seek your testimony8
". %he sought my testimony because * know that (eli-e is a notorious womanier
. 6hy did you say that you 3know4 that (eli-e is a notorious womanier8
". Because he is our regular guest at %age Bar * ha#e seen him going to the bar se#eral times with different women
/0 . 6hen you say 3regular guest4, how often do see (eli-e in your Bar8
". ;e goes to the bar e#ery weekend since 20/5 // . 6hat does he usually do in the Bar8
". * obser#ed that he goes the bar with different women Then once seated in his fa#orite s-ot, he would order his usual whiskey, a bottle of =almore /5 yrs ;e and his date will drinks
until 9.oo "! "fter that, he would escort the lady out of the bar
/2 . Can you describe those ladies8
". es, they look like &ictoria’s %ecret angels They ha#e slim body but with big bust (rom my estimate, they are ranging
from /A:29 years old
/9 . 6hat is this fa#orite s-ot that you’re referring to8 ". That is the bachelor’s table
/< Can you describe that bachelor’s table8
". es, that table is in the middle of the bar +ear to the mini stage where * -erform
/5 . Can you describe how near is that table from the mini stage8
". es, around four to se#en meters That is why * can clearly see them
/7 . *n those drinking s-rees, who usually -ays the bill8
". *t’s (eli-e, because * ha#e seen him asking for the bill and wa#ing his credit card to those women * think that is his way of
im-ressing them
/@ . 6hat else did you obser#ed about (eli-e8
". * obser#ed that (eli-e is always trying to make her dates really drunk at the end of their date ;e always orders whiskey for those ladies ;e doesn’t care about the bill There were se#eral times that * can see him being to touchy and clingy to those women
/A . 6hen you said 3touchy and clingy4, what do you mean8 ". * ha#e seen him kissing his dates -assionately and
sometimes getting they got too intimate
/ . 6as there any instance that you confronted (eli-e about his -hilandering ways8
". es, since * know him, * confronted him in 20/5 * told him to sto- womaniing and instead be faithful to *sha * asked him to s-end more time with his family But he Dust told me, “Wala kang pakialam sa buhay ko, normal lang ‘to sa mga aming mga lalaki. Nagbabayad ako kaya kumanta ka lang dyan!” (rom there on, he Dust ignored me
20 . 6hat did you after that8 *f there’s any
". * immediately contacted *sha '#er the -hone, * told her e#erything about (eli-e’s womaniing beha#ior at the bar
2/ . ;ow did *sha reacted to that8
". !y friend was really hurt %he admitted to me that they were indeed ha#ing some marital -roblems but ho-eful that
that it will be fixed %he told me that (eli-e will still change and become a faithful husband
22 . Please go o#er the testimony contained in this Eudicial "ffida#it =o you confirm and affirm the due execution of this affida#it, the truthfulness and #eracity of the testimonies contained herein and the faithfulness to originals of the co-ies or re-roductions attached8
". es, * am executing this Eudicial "ffida#it to attest to the truth of the foregoing facts and to ser#e as my direct testimony in connection with Ci#il Case +o /A:0@2/, !rs *sha !artin )ro # !r (eli-e 3Babe4 )ro
IN =ITNE&& ='EREO2, * ha#e hereunto affixed my signature this 2<th day of 'ctober 20/A, at !akati City, Phili--ines
PILITA CORRALE& Affiant
&U"&CRI"E4 AN4 &=ORN TO "E2ORE ME, a notary -ublic in and for City of !akati this 2<th day of 'ctober 20/A "ffiant
-ersonally came and a--eared with %%% +o 02:/29<@22:@, issued by the %ocial %ecurity %ystem on +o#ember /9, 2009 at !akati City, bearing her -hotogra-h and signature, known to me as the same -erson who -ersonally signed the foregoing instrument before me and a#owed under -enalty of law to the whole truth of the contents of said instrument
ATT<, JAIME ', PA4ILLA Nota#! Public
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*n com-liance with "! +o /2:A:A:%C, otherwise known as the Eudicial "ffida#it $ule, *, ATT<, I)< E4O4OLLON, hereby certify that * ha#e
conducted the examination of the abo#ementioned witness, PILITA CORRALE&, and that.
/ * ha#e faithfully recorded or caused to be recorded the 1uestions asked of, and the corres-onding answers gi#en by, the witnessF and
2 +either * nor any other -erson then -resent or assisting him coached the witness regarding the latter’s answers
*+ 6*T+)%% 6;)$)'(, * ha#e hereunto affixed my signature this 27th day of 'ctober 20/A, at !akati City, Phili--ines
ATT<, I)< E4O4OLLON "ffiant
&U"&CRI"E4 AN4 &=ORN TO "E2ORE ME, a notary -ublic in and for City of !akati this 2<th day of 'ctober 20/A "ffiant
-ersonally came and a--eared with %%% +o 02:/29<@22:@, issued by the %ocial %ecurity %ystem on +o#ember /9, 2009 at !akati City, bearing his -hotogra-h and signature, known to me as the same -erson who -ersonally signed the foregoing instrument before me and a#owed under -enalty of law to the whole truth of the contents of said instrument
ATT<, JAIME ', PA4ILLA Nota#! Public
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