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SECOND DIVISION
[ A.C. No. 11639, February 05, 2020 ]
ROSELYN S. PARKS, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. JOAQUIN L. MISA,
JR., RESPONDENT.
RESOLUTION
DELOS SANTOS, J.:
Antecedents
In her Complaint,[1] Roselyn S. Parks (Roselyn) alleged the following: (1) that on
September 12, 2013 at about 7:45 in the evening, respondent Atty. Joaquin L. Misa, Jr.
(Atty. Misa), acting as legal authority, allowed his client, Anthony Ting, to commit
criminal offense of demolishing a portion of the concrete wall of the house of her father,
Rosendo T. Suniega (Rosendo); (2) that the foregoing act was without lawful order from
the court; (3) that the said Anthony Ting inflicted bodily harm against Rosendo in the
presence of Atty. Misa; (4) that by the reason of the same incident, Rosendo filed a
case for Malicious Mischief and Less Serious Physical Injuries against Anthony Ting,
Atty. Misa and several others; (5) that Atty. Misa executed a counter-affidavit
containing defamatory and libelous statement against her, even if she was not a party
to the complaint filed by her father, Rosendo; and (6) that the said derogatory
statements were essentially made public by submitting the counter-affidavit to Asst.
Prosecutor Melania E. Cardillo Jr., which reads as follows:
13. It was then that I noticed ROSELYN round the corner of Mindanao and
Mindoro walking towards my direction, wildly clapping as if there was
something to applaud about. I turned to her and said, "What do you think
will happen if they (U.S. IMMIGRATION) find out about your fix marriage (in
Las Vegas)." And THAT got her to join REYNOLD and the rest of them in
yelling inanities, insults, hooting and taking pictures while I stood by quietly.
Incidentally, copies of e-mail from ROSELYN's cousin Mary Jane "JING"
SUNIEGA to the undersigned with attached wedding photos are hereto
enclosed as ANNEX "A".
[x x x x]
16. To their credit the police thoroughly investigated the antecedents x x
x[.]
17. They heard about the eviction of BEBOT x x x[.] They were told about
ROSELYN's fixed marriage and how her money has made bigger monsters
out of them.
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