WHY SOTTO WILL PROBABLY LOSE IN YAP DEFAMATION CASE
According to recent news, Vic Sotto sued Darryl Yap for defamation via online means under the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. As reported by Iza Iglesias and Francis Earl Cueto of the Manila Times, Sotto filed 19 counts of cyber-libel against Yap, the filmmaker of the upcoming controversial movie called "The R*pe of Pepsi Paloma." In a trailer of this movie posted online, a female character asked another acting as Pepsi Paloma whether the latter was r*ped by Sotto, to which the latter replied in the affirmative. News archives show that Paloma, when she was still alive, indeed filed a r*pe case against Sotto. However, she later withdrew the same. In the case of AYER PRODUCTIONS v. CAPULONG and ENRILE (G.R. No. 82380, April 29, 1988), the Supreme Court said, citing Prof. Prosser and Prof. Keeton, that public figures are held to have lost, to some extent at least, their right to privacy. This is because of the fact that they have sought publicity and consented to it...