According to a court order from the Court of Appeals (CA), Vhong Navarro will face rapė and lėwdness charges.Regarding the alleged molėstation of the TV host in a condo in Taguig City, model Deniece Cornejo filed a rapė complaint against Vhong in 2014.The court favored the petition for review submitted by Deniece in the twenty-six (26) page decision of the CA 14th Division on July 21, 2022, which was published yesterday, July 31. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) resolutions from April 30, 2018 and July 14, 2020 have already been disregarded by the CA.The Manila Times reported that as part of the court’s ruling, “Cornejo decrees attempted rape on the evening of January 22, 2014, while Navarro claims innocence.” We once again stress that the preliminaryThe CA pointed out that the DOJ erred in their decision to reject Deniece’s petition for review.The conviction read, “It was erroneous for the DOJ to deny Cornejo’s petition for review on the ground that her statements in the complaint-affidavits are inconsistent and incredible. In this regard, it bears to stress that the determination of probable cause does not depend on the validity or merits of a party’s accusation or defense or on the admissibility or veracity of testimonies presented.”The court added, “The element of carnal knowledge is likewise present when she sufficiently alleged that he successfully inserted his fingers in her vągina before proceeding to satiate his lúst by forcing his pėnis in her vągina after she struggled with him as he mashed her breąsts and tried to remove her shorts.”Vhong then revealed that on January 17, 2014, he and Deniece had oral sėx.The comedian-TV host claimed that Deniece gave her consent for what they did, but the model ultimately denied it.The court continued, “Given the peculiar nature of rapė, it almost always presents a ‘he said, she said’ scenario which leaves the trial court the task to decide whom between the private complainant or the accused should it believe. On one hand, justice must be rendered to a rapė victim bearing in mind that she is physically, psychologically, emotionally and socially scarred.“On the other hand, an accusation of rapė can be made with facility, and while the accusation is difficult to prove, it is even harder for the accused, though innocent, to disprove.“Ultimately, it falls upon the trial court to determine who between Navarro and Cornejo speaks the truth. Cornejo decries attempted rape on the night of January 22, 2014 while Navarro denies any wrongdoing on his part. We reiterate once more that the preliminary investigation is not the proper venue to rule on the respondent’s guilt or innocence.“Finally, it must be borne in mind that the admissibility or inadmissibility of the parties’ evidence should be ventilated before the trial court during the trial proper and not in the preliminary investigation.” Associate Justice Florencio Mamauag Jr. signed the decision, and Associate Justices Mary Charlene Hernandez-Azura and Victoria Isabel Paredes concurred.Associate Justice Florencio Mamauag Jr. signed the decision, and Associate Justices Mary Charlene Hernandez-Azura and Victoria Isabel Paredes concurred.