Naglabas na ng official statement ang pamunuan ng Television And Production Exponents (TAPE) kaugnay ng insidenteng nangyari sa hearing ng Violation of Republict Act 9262 complaint na inihain ng asawa ni Jose Manalo na si Anna Lyn sa San Juan Prosecutor‘s Office kahapon, April 25.

Ayon sa lumabas na report sa PEP Alerts kahapon din, pinipilit diumanong ibigay ng abugado ni Jose ang isang sulat kay Anna Lyn upang pirmahan ito.

Tumanggi si Anna Lyn na kunin at pirmahan ang naturang sulat.

Wala si Jose sa naturang hearing at ang abugado niya ang nag-represent sa kanya.

DEMAND LETTER. Ayon sa statement ng TAPE, na natanggap ng PEP ngayong hapon sa pamamagitan ng email, ang ibinibigay ng abugado ni Jose kay Anna Lyn ay isang demand letter.

Nakasaad sa demand letter na ibalik ni Anna Lyn ang P700,000 na halaga ng tatlong cash bonds na iniluwal ng TAPE para kay Jose kaugnay ng estafa case na kinasangkutan nilang mag-asawa.

Ayon sa TAPE, ang cash bonds na ito ay hiningi noon ng korte upang makaalis ng bansa si Jose para sa out-of-country shows ng Eat Bulaga!.

Naisauli na raw ang perang ito kay Anna Lyn, pero hindi pa nito ibinabalik sa TAPE.

Ayon pa sa TAPE, karapatan nila na maibalik sa kanila ang naturang cash bonds.

Wala raw kinalaman ang anumang problema sa pagsasama ngayopn nina Jose at Anna Lyn sa kagustuhan ng TAPE na maibalik sa kanila ang cash bonds.

TAPE STATEMENT. Narito ang kabuuang statement ng TAPE:

Earlier today, after the hearing on the criminal case for violation of Republic Act No. 9262 filed by Anna Lyn Manalo against Jose Manalo, TAPE’s lawyers attempted to personally serve upon Anna Lyn a copy of its demand letter, a lawful remedy that was made by TAPE in due course. Their attempts were unsuccessful, in view of the Anna Lyn’s unjustified refusal to receive said letter.

The said letter states TAPE’s demand for Anna Lyn to return Seven Hundred Thousand Pesos (P700,000.00), representing three (3)  cash bonds previously posted by TAPE for Jose in connection with an estafa case where the latter was impleaded as Anna Lyn’s co-defendant. These cash bonds were previously required by the court for Jose to be able to leave the country for Eat Bulaga’s out-of-the-country shows. Anna Lyn, however, caused the amounts to be released to her and never returned the same to TAPE.

TAPE is entitled to the return of the cash bonds.  The demand for its return was prompted by its desire to recover the same from Anna Lyn and is independent of, or unrelated to, whatever marital differences the spouses Jose and Anna Lyn may now have.