Sarah Lahbati reconciles with GMA exec

Sarah Lahbati

Actress-model Sarah Lahbati and GMA Films President Annette Gozon-Abrogar have finally settled their year-long legal dispute.

“I want everyone to know that I’m really sorry, because I may have said some things before rashly, which both hurt you (Abrogar) and put your integrity in question and I’m really sorry for that. I regret things I’ve said,” said Lahbati in a report that aired on “24 Oras.”

It was in January last year when the 20-year-old actress set off a series of tirades against Abrogar via Twitter. She also broached the subject of an alleged “misunderstanding” with the network’s management arm.

Lahbati then flew to Europe, supposedly to take a rest from show business and to resume her studies.

The GMA executive filed a libel case against her, which led her to return and file counter charges against Abrogar, including libel, perjury, grave coercion and unjust vexation. All charges Lahbati filed have been dismissed roughly a year later, due to lack of probable cause.

Thereafter, the two were reported to have settled their claims in a meeting at the Philippine Mediation Center.

Abrogar now maintains that she’d rather focus on repairing her relationship with Lahbati.

“Ang sinasabi ko naman palagi, ‘pag nakita (ko) ’yung sincerity ni Sarah, wala na talaga lahat ng legal,” she related.

With this, Abrogar will be filing a motion to dismiss the libel case she filed against the actress on March 13.

After all that’s been said and done, both parties realized that all they needed was to talk things out.

“If I could go back nga and undo some things, I would talk to her na lang, because nung nakausap ko nga siya dun na lang pala kadali siyang kausapin,” Lahbati said.

“Nung nangyayari ’yun, hindi kami nag-uusap at all,” Abrogar narrated. “Parang ang dami nang gulong nangyayari, and then, biglang ’yun na, sana nag-usap pala kami agad, kasi 10 minutes lang pala, wala naman pala.”

Lahbati clarified that she is still “working for GMA” and is still “under GMA Artist Center.”

“They’re still managing me, and I’m happy naman the way things are going and excited for future projects with GMA,” she said.

Sarah Lahbati reconciles with GMA exec

Source: Mb.com.ph (March 01, 2014 at 01:08PM)

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