Atty. Raymond Fortun, the legal lawyer who will defend the controversial businessman Cedric Lee against the case filed by the comedian actor and TV host Vhong Navarro insisted that his client Cedric Lee did not asked for money in a reason for extortion.

According to the affidavit filed by Vhong Navarro, Cedric Lee attempted to extort of P2 million from him in exchange of dropping the case of Deniece Cornejo. This is in connection to the alleged attempted rape with the model Deniece Cornejo.

The respectable lawyer Atty. Fortun took his Facebook account and posted the message on Thursday, February 6, 2014 expressing the following lines: “Is it lawful to ask for damages out-of-court, like what (Lee) did to Mr. Navarro? Most certainly! Kaya nga po tinatawag na ‘aregluhan’ eh kasi people want to avoid the rigors and expense of litigation,” said Atty. Fortun.

“I firmly believed even before I was hired that there was no extortion that occurred,” added Atty. Fortun. The court may find that Lee’s aggression against Vhong Navarro would be considered “reasonable” in the since that he was defending Cornejo from being attacked,” he added.

Cedric Lee’s new legal lawyer explained that Cedric Lee’s attacked to the victim will be justified. He said that the beating was for the purpose of subduing the offender in preparation of surrendering the felon to the police custody, and then the acts are justified in consonance with the element of defense of stranger,” he said.

Atty. Fortun is a high-profile and experienced lawyer who is also the legal lawyer of Kris Aquino and some other prominent figures in the country.