Richard Gutierrez and Sarah Lahbati kept their baby secret for more than a year. But this time the two come out ready to face the reality that the two were having a baby boy and proud parents for Zion.

In an official statement of Annabelle Rama, the mother of Richard Gutierrez, she revealed the reasons why her son Richard and Sarah have decided to keep their baby in the United States since the baby’s birth on April last year. According to her, the two were afraid because they were thinking that he might get dragged into the legal row involving the 20-year-old actress.

Early of the year 2013, Sarah and Annette Abrogar, executive of GMA-7 traded court suits against each other. According to the report, the two were involved in the case that includes libel and grave coercion. Sarah filed case against Abrogar in the ground of the alleged mismanagement of her career while Abrogar against Sarah in the ground of negative comments about her in social media. But the case was settled already only this year where both parties arrived at an extra judicial settlement.

Entertainment columnist Ricky Lo has published the news on The Philippine Star Tuesday, referring to the statement of Annabelle Rama that according to her they were advised by their lawyer to keep the baby from public information during that time, in order to spare the boy from being a subject of intrigue.

“The baby might be dragged into the issue,” Rama said, quoting their legal counsel. “Headline ‘yung kaso ni Sarah at GMA. Kung lumabas ‘yung balita na nanganak siya, kawawa naman ‘yung baby, baka madamay, baka maging circus lang sa media.”

When the two Richard and Sarah wanted to bring the child in the country, Annabelle Rama suggested that they will continue to keep the secret about the baby, but Richard was even more ready to reveal about the child.

“’Bahala na; itago natin pagdating sa airport,’” Rama narrated, recalling Gutierrez’s words. “I told him, ‘Richard, huwag kang makipagsapalaran.’ Sabi niya, ‘Mommy, gusto ko alagaan ‘yung baby.’ Sabi ko, basta huwag. He was even ready to talk about it.”

Aside from that, Rama told the reporter that one another reason that they wanted to keep the baby a secret was because of their show on E! Channel.

“That was also the reason why Richard and Sarah were forbidden by the show producers to talk about the baby. Dapat daw sa show nila sabihin. It was the right time, kasi tapos na rin ‘yung kaso ni Sarah with GMA. The producers wanted something ‘explosive’ on the first telecast,” Rama said.

At the same time, on the pilot episode “It Takes Gutz to be a Gutierrez,” which aired last Sunday, the 30-year-old father of baby Zion admitted that he is now proud to be a father to him.

The baby was born in Switzerland, but the baby was brought to the United States where Rama’s husband Eddie and son Elvis took care of him together with Sarah’s mother. Only this year baby Zion brought in the country.

Since Richard’s mother has revealed already to the media for public information about the baby, now the two got relieved that they are now free to talk about Zion anytime and anywhere even open in public and media.

“Now everybody knows why we waited for the right time to tell everything, that there was a reason why we never talked about the baby,” Sarah Lahbati said.