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The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former department head of the Pasay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office with 15 days of imprisonment for ...

"In fact, the bulk of said evidence bears no direct causality with the 'sexual' act complained of. It said there was no reason for the vendor to be involved and risk not being allowed to sell her wares unless she was recounting what she actually witnessed. In April 2015, the complainant said she was checking out clothes being sold along the corridor of their office when Montalban grabbed her buttocks with both his hands. The Court acquitted him of the offense of sexual harassment for failure of the prosecution to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Further, it said the prosecution failed to prove the authenticity of the Facebook posts and that they were made by Montalban against (the complainant) nor that they were related to the incident. "While there were variations between (the complainant) and (vendor’s) testimonies, they were only as to accused Montalban's remark rather than the actual act of grabbing (the complainant’s) buttocks itself," the Court said.