Several Facebook (FB) pages and netizens have spread a fake report attributed to a major media network that suggests Pasig City Mayor Victor “Vico” Sotto was an accessory to the alleged rape of the late actress Delia “Pepsi Paloma” Smith.
The circulating post was published on Feb. 19 and 20 and carries a screenshot of a YouTube video supposedly uploaded by ABS-CBN News, titled, “Vico sotto, kasabwat sa Pepsi Paloma Case (Vico Sotto, an accomplice in the Pepsi Paloma case)?”
Its thumbnail shows an image of the mayor next to the quote: “Kasalanan ng ama ay kasalanan din ng anak (The sin of the father is also the sin of the child).”
ABS-CBN News Digital’s head of engagement and partnerships Arlene Burgos said in an email to VERA Files Fact Check on Feb. 22 that the graphic “did not come from ABS-CBN News.”
“There was no such report from us,” Burgos added.
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