John Lloyd Cruz attended the preliminary investigation for the child abuse rap filed against his girlfriend Ellen Adarna.
In a video post of MJ Felipe of ABS CBN News on Twitter, the actor is seen accompanied by Adarna’s legal counsel at the Pasig City Prosecutor’s Office.
LOOK: John Lloyd Cruz attends the preliminary investigation hearing of Ellen Adarna’s child abuse & cyber crime case filed here at the Pasig City Office of the Prosecutor. Ellen not here but John Lloyd is accompanied by Ellen’s legal counsel. The complaining party also here. pic.twitter.com/zT0IwPIWNE
— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) June 11, 2018
The legal complaints—cybercrime and child abuse—were filed last May 15 by the parents of a high school student whom Adarna accused as paparazzi.
On May 7, the mother of the student, Myra Santos, publicly addressed the issue thrown by Adarna at her daughter. She said on a Facebook post that Adarna’s paparazzi video, which was uploaded without their family’s consent, has caused them “unneeded stress and unwanted attention”.
The mother also condemned the actress for posting “a one-sided narrative”, adding that they have tried reaching out to the actress about the matter but the actress did not respond.
She had since asked a public apology from the actress, but Adarna failed to give.
