"She is still there and she never left."

This was the information that PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) gathered from three different sources about Gretchen Barretto, who was recently rumored to have been thrown out of the Dasmariñas mansion by her longtime partner Tonyboy Cojuangco.

In his column published last Friday, September 19, Philippine Star entertainment editor Ricky Lo wrote that Gretchen "was packing her things and leaving the mansion in [Dasmariñas] which she and her beloved Tonyboy Cojuangco and their daughter Dominique have been sharing even during these past turbulent years."

According to Ricky's source, "Tonyboy drove her [Gretchen] away."

Curious to find out more, PEP dug into its sources over the next three days. All three reliable sources know and are known to Tonyboy and Gretchen. In separate interviews, each one of the three sources confirmed that Gretchen never packed up her bags, nor did Tony tell her to leave.

One source said, "In the first place, Tony is not the kind to kick anybody out. He's really mabait."

The second source said, "What news it that? She's still there."

Finally, a third source today said, "As far as their friends know, they're still in one house. Pero parang hindi nagpapansinan."

Our sources also say that no big fight happened recently between the couple.

Startalk also reported last Saturday, September 21, that Gretchen herself denied the report in a phone conversation with her business manager Boy Abunda. She said, "Tony and I are okay. I did not leave home."

This year began with talks that Gretchen and Tonyboy, who have been together for close to 14 years, were on the verge of separating because of the alleged affair between Gretchen and businessman Dody Puno.

A few weeks after this report came out, Gretchen showed up at Senator Jinggoy Estrada's birthday party last February 16, held at the Blue Leaf Events Pavillion in Taguig City, with Tonyboy.

"Ganito ba yung mga pinalayas?" Gretchen teased the press. She was referring of course to the rumor that she had been told by Tonyboy to pack her bags. The business magnate reportedly had enough of Gretchen's alleged affair with Dody.

"Hindi ako pinalayas. Never ako pinalayas. Mabait na tao si Tony," said Gretchen.