Paolo Bediones.
Four days after an intimate video allegedly involving himself and an unidentified female had gone viral, News5 anchor Paolo Bediones revealed that a blackmail attempt was behind it.
“At the PNP-Anti Cybercrime Division. Investigation has begun,” he posted on Twitter and Instagram Thursday afternoon. “Please help me put a stop to this. Thank you.”
The post came with a photo of the seal of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group and a computer-printed letter. (See screenshot below.)
Presumably addressed to Bediones, the letter declared the anonymous letter-sender’s possession of Bediones’ sex videos, followed by a threat to circulate them if Bediones did not call the letter-sender immediately.
The last seven digits of the phone number provided, which begins with 0919, appeared to have been redacted.
“Hawak ko ngayong [sic] ang mga sex videos mo. [M]adali naman akong kausap. Kung ayaw mong lumabas ito sa publiko, tawagan mo ako. Antayin ko ang tawag mo! Wag mo patagalin mainipin ako,” the letter said.
Immediately after the video spread online on Sunday, TV5 stood by Bediones and condemned “the malicious and wanton publication of the video, an act that clearly violates pertinent cybercrime laws”.
At posting time, Bediones had yet to issue an official statement regarding the video. Monday night, before reporting for work on TV5′s late evening newscast, “Aksyon Tonite”, he took to Twitter and Instagram and thanked his family, friends, and supporters for their “overwhelming love”.
On Tuesday, Facebook took down the video from a new Facebook account called NA PAOLO Bediones Dre. The account had been opened only last Sunday, apparently for the sole purpose of circulating the video.
InterAksyon is the online news portal of TV5.
Paolo Bediones bares blackmail try over private video
Source: InterAksyon.com (July 31, 2014 at 05:26PM)
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