00:00The two male beneficiaries of the NGO Gawad Kalinga filed a complaint with the Department of Justice.
00:05Their founder, Antonio Tony Meloto, abused them.
00:10Meloto denied the allegations to his wife, Salima Refran.
00:19The expected help was returned to the bank.
00:23According to the two male beneficiaries of the NGO Gawad Kalinga,
00:28or GK for short.
00:30In 2017, while Daniel was living at GK Farms in Bulacan,
00:34he was called to the room of GK founder, Tony Meloto.
00:39There, he was held in the back of his body.
00:42He was unable to do anything about the trauma in the hands of someone he respected and trusted.
00:49The story of Alias Michael is almost the same.
00:52It was also in 2017 when Meloto first abused him.
00:56He was shocked and couldn't think of how he was able to do this to a person he considered to be a father.
01:04He was diagnosed with trauma when he was seven years old.
01:06But because of its psychological effect on him, he decided to file a complaint.
01:12They had hoped for a better future, of course, for a better life.
01:15You can just imagine the kind of trauma and pain that you trusted.
01:22It turned out to be somebody who would use your poverty against you.
01:27In 2024, they filed a complaint of acts of lasciviousness, sexual harassment,
01:32and trafficking in persons against Meloto in the Department of Justice.
01:36They feel they were silent for a long time, for so many years.
01:41And they tried to find help so that they can tell their story.
01:50We will let justice take its course.
01:52When Meloto filed a complaint with the DOJ, he refused to file a complaint against him.
01:58He said there was no basis for this and that the star was malicious and that it was just one harassment.
02:04It was also not true that he was sending these people to his room.
02:07And it was even more untrue that he was abusing these people.
02:10The affidavit of Meloto was attached to the testimonies of witnesses to prove that the star was not true.
02:17Meloto went to the DOJ earlier to submit a rejoinder affidavit.
02:22He added three witnesses for his defense.
02:25Sir, can we get a short statement? Is it okay?
02:28He cannot say anything as well.
02:32Meloto has been silent for several years.
02:36The GMA Integrated News is trying to get hold of GK.
02:40According to the Department of Justice National Prosecution Service,
02:44the complaints filed against the respondent will be weighed by the prosecutor
02:50before deciding if the case will be filed in court.
02:53We will be the judge in evaluating these evidences.
02:57We will just base any decision or resolution that we will issue on the evidence that will be presented to us.
03:06For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Refran.
03:10Naka Tutok, 24 Horas.
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