4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 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. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65957 1/5

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