The Taguig Regional Trial Court Branch 69 approved actor and television personality Vhong Navarro’s request for bail in the r@pe complaint filed by model Deniece Cornejo.

Presiding Judge Loralie Cruz Dataman authorized Navarro to post P1 million bail for his temporary release in a ruling dated December 5, 2022.

“Wherefore, premises considered,” the ruling continued, “the petition for bail is hereby GRANTED. The bail of the accused for his provisional liberty is hereby fixed at One Million Pesos (Php 1,000,000.00).

In accordance with the court’s November 7 ruling, Navarro was transported from the National Bureau of Investigation facility to the Taguig City Jail on November 21.

Taguig prosecutors filed a complaint against Navarro in September for the alleged r@pe of Cornejo in January 2014 using “force, threat, and intimidation.”

Navarro has disputed the charges leveled against him. Vhong Navarro, born Ferdinand Hipolito Navarro, is a Filipino comedian, actor, dancer, music artist, and television personality. He is a regular host of ABS-Showtime, CBN’s It’s a noontime variety show. In the Philippines, he is also a member of the dancing group Streetboys.