00:00 A happy birthday celebration in the time of illness
00:04 In this cellphone video in the middle of the celebration, a woman came who is not on the guest list
00:10 "I'm not that kind of woman. I'm not from here. I'm from Colombia. I'm from your family. I'm a liar. All of you."
00:17 The woman in the video is Maria Rudilin. She is the legal wife.
00:22 Present in the wedding is her ex-husband, Charlon.
00:25 And the one who didn't follow before being with Charlon.
00:28 After the guests left, Rudilin and Charlon's current relationship reached its climax.
00:34 Rudilin and Charlon's daughter heard crying and begging from her parents.
00:53 "I'm not a liar. I'm not a liar. I'm not a liar."
00:57 Rudilin and Charlon got married in 2017.
01:08 They had a child.
01:10 To meet the needs of the family, Rudilin worked as a migrant worker in Singapore in 2019.
01:17 But while the missus was away, the mister would play...
01:21 "He did it in 2019. I was still in Singapore.
01:25 All the hardships, all the sicknesses, I was just about to jump off the building in Singapore.
01:32 But I thought of my child because it's in their hands."
01:36 In 2022, when Rudilin returned to the Philippines, she decided to return to her husband.
01:42 "We decided to return. The sickness that I had."
01:47 But Charlon insisted on meeting his number two.
01:52 "Last year, he left us. He didn't come back. He didn't say goodbye to me.
01:58 He went straight to his wife."
02:01 Rudilin's advice was to not introduce their child to the mistresses.
02:06 "I told them not to introduce my child.
02:09 Don't bring her to her mistresses' house.
02:11 What happened was that they all denied it.
02:15 They made me a dead person. They made my child's heart.
02:18 They didn't even know the woman.
02:20 I was already sick, that's why I reached this point."
02:23 But the legal watch was already in effect.
02:27 In June 2022, Rudilin was left by her husband, Charlon.
02:31 The reason? Mister has a number two.
02:33 Rudilin only asked them not to introduce their child to the new relationship.
02:39 But the mistresses' plan was already in effect.
02:43 She planned to bring her child to a party with Mister's number two.
02:49 "Mommy, I'm not going to the party."
02:53 "Don't do that. Don't do that."
02:56 "I caught them, the woman, in the house where they were together.
03:03 I went there, I had an emotion.
03:06 I had a seizure.
03:08 I lost my child because of their mercy
03:15 to protect the woman and her child."
03:19 Charlon's parents were like a scapegoat for their child.
03:25 "What I want to happen is that they will be jailed.
03:27 And then I will file a full custody in DSWD.
03:31 The child's full custody."
03:34 That night, Rudilin went to the precinct to report what happened.
03:38 She showed the evidence that she was robbed from her ex-husband.
03:42 "On August 22, she complained to her husband
03:47 because he went to her husband's house
03:51 and he saw that her husband was there and his wife was there.
03:56 So she went there and she wanted to be beaten up.
04:02 I told her that it's better if she will be directed to a lawyer
04:06 so that she can have a relationship with a man
04:10 instead of being first with her husband."
04:13 But Rudilin's evil inside has another flaw.
04:16 Her ex-husband, Charlon, doesn't follow the rules of the law.
04:21 "Wherever they go, her wife goes.
04:23 I have a job, yes.
04:25 But I'm the only one who takes care of my child.
04:30 So I decided to complain to the barangay to ask for a sustenance.
04:35 So the agreement was that she will start giving in June,
04:39 but she didn't.
04:41 She only gave in July,
04:45 but the same amount that we agreed on in the barangay, 5,000 pesos,
04:51 it didn't happen.
04:53 So it's just 5,000 pesos and 1,000 pesos."
04:57 The barangay's violence against women and their children
05:01 was put aside by Charlon who tried to talk to Rudilin.
05:05 "I told the respondent,
05:08 'If it's up to you, you can talk to your husband as soon as possible
05:13 because he has a lot of evidence.
05:15 As soon as possible, you initiate.'"
05:17 On September 1, 2023, the barangay called the ex-husband to face the charges again.
05:22 But this time, Charlon didn't go.
05:25 "Hello, good morning.
05:27 This is for Bawsi, sir.
05:31 Is this Mr. Ponce?"
05:33 "He's his mother."
05:36 "Oh, your son.
05:38 I hope they can talk to his wife."
05:42 "We want that, but right now, I'm here with my father-in-law.
05:46 I hope it's just a schedule, ma'am."
05:48 "We should have a talk here in the barangay
05:52 because if not, they will talk to the court."
05:57 "We don't want to talk to them.
05:59 I'm not saying what time and day.
06:03 I'm far away."
06:05 "Ma'am, you can't talk to us until you want to,
06:11 because my client is the one who's being held here."
06:14 But before the day ended,
06:16 Charlon insisted on giving his wife a receipt.
06:20 "August 21, that's my uncle's birthday.
06:24 He's from Singapore.
06:26 I heard that Rudy Lin has a maritime client.
06:31 So he suddenly went there.
06:33 They posted that he was being helped.
06:38 Why would he help?
06:41 He's welcome at home anytime because our son is there.
06:45 The payment is 5K monthly.
06:50 I told them that it can be partial.
06:54 Of course, I'll give them a full 5K.
06:58 When we got our cash, I didn't have a job yet.
07:03 Even though I'm short of cash,
07:05 I'm still giving out groceries."
07:08 Charlon's return seems to be a frame-up
07:11 or Rudy Lin is just there to cause trouble that night?
07:14 "I don't know what happened on the 21st.
07:17 Why did he do that?
07:19 And why did he lie about his post that he was hurt?
07:23 I understand that he's mad at me,
07:25 but I don't understand why he did that to my parents."
07:29 Charlon's explanations and talks were not accepted by Rudy Lin.
07:33 But the legal wife continued to eat complaints.
07:37 "I need legal advice so that I can file a case against my husband."
07:44 She was accompanied by a receipt to the Public Attorney's Office
07:48 to file a complaint against Charlon
07:51 for violating the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.
07:56 "Did you see him?"
07:59 "I saw them at home."
08:02 "I have a video of you."
08:04 "I have a video of you."
08:06 "I don't know him."
08:07 Even though Charlon did not give enough money for their child,
08:11 Rudy Lin included it in his complaint.
08:14 "He can ask for money.
08:16 Who can he ask for?
08:18 Their child plus their wife because they're still married.
08:23 The amount of money he can give is equivalent to two courts.
08:28 The financial capacity of the person who is asking for money
08:34 is equivalent to two courts.
08:36 So, it's not automatic.
08:38 If he can relate to another woman because they're still married,
08:43 if they don't file an annulment,
08:45 then he can still file a case under VAUCI for marital infidelity."
08:50 The court decided to talk about the system
08:53 according to the Republic Act 8369 of the Family Courts Act of 1997.
08:59 "It's okay. Someone is asking for money.
09:02 We have a attorney.
09:05 So, we can file a case."
09:09 [Music]
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