Our Pinoy Lawyer of the Day is Atty. Argee Guevarra who is facing a libel case filed by Dr. Vicky Belo. Belo alleges that the good attorney “libeled” her because he was posting anti-Belo malicious messages (such as calling her “Reyna ng Kaplastikan“) on his Facebook page.
The Inquirer reports:
Represented by its general manager, Agnes Ballesteros, BMGI (note: the Belo Medical Group, ed) filed the complaint last month against lawyer Argee Guevarra with the Taytay, Rizal, prosecutor’s office over his “deliberate and malicious intent to destroy the reputation of BMGI and Belo’s practice.”
In the complaint, Ballesteros accused Guevarra of launching a vindictive attack on the firm and Belo through the comments he posted in his Facebook account.
According to her, Guevarra called for a boycott of Belo clinics, adding that the lawyer also referred to Belo as incompetent and even claimed that she was bribing people to cover up complaints arising from botched cosmetic procedures conducted by BMGI doctors.
Atty. Guevarra is the lawyer of businesswoman Josefina Norcio who is reportedly suing the Belo Group for reckless imprudence because of a botched butt augmentation procedure.
Says he of the libel case filed against him:
“I welcome the libel suit as an opportunity to ring the alarm of the Department of Health against the proliferation of such colorum clinics which is destroying the country’s medical tourism.”
Maybe he has something up his sleeve? Truth, after all, is the best defense against libel.
I would be a valuable test case for libel. Facebook account is supposed to be private. Will it pass the public malicious imputation test?
sus,atty.ipagpatuloy mo…total mukhang sincere ka naman e..