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Willie's wife gets court nod to amend complaint

Of late, hotshot game-show host and comedian Willie Revillame has been in the spotlight again, hounded as he is by another controversy which, this time around, no less than his wife Liz Almoro has brought in the open.

Willie was able to squirm through the cases of sexual harassment slapped against him by his show's former dancer, as well as a female entertainment journalist last year. But not long after he last stood in the limelight of controversy, Willie has gone a full circle and is again back in the all-familiar arena of a legal battle.

Only this time, it's his wife Floralice "Liz" Almoro-Revillame, the woman who stood by him and even tried to buffer the blows of public criticism for him during his darkest hours who has come in the open with the most detrimental testimony against Willie.

Liz has dropped the biggest bomb with her revelation of Willie's repeated display of violence against her and their son, including the incident in May in which he threw a chair in her direction and another incident when he almost hit their baby when he threw a remote control on the bed.

Thus, Liz's lawyer has asked the Quezon City (Metro Manila) Prosecutor's Office to amend the complaint earlier filed by her client to give the full details of what really transpired between the couple. During the preliminary investigation, Atty. Iris Sylvia Bonifacio, Liz's legal counsel, told Assistant City Prosecutor Gibson Araula Jr, she needed to amend the complaint because her client wished to include other details in her affidavit.

willieLiz filed charges of violation of Republic Act 9262 (Violence Against Women and Their Children) against Willie two months after they separated. In her complaint, Liz claimed that they engaged in a heated argument on the night of August 6 wherein Willie allegedly hit their one-year-old son with his hand while the latter was sleeping on the bed.

The assistant city prosecutor, on the other hand, granted Atty. Bonifacio's request and gave her until Nov. 15 to submit the amended complaint. For his part, Willie did not appear at the preliminary investigation, but he was duly represented by legal counsel Raymund Fortun.

Atty. Fortun said that Willie was not required to appear since he has yet to receive a copy of the complaint. "When he (Willie) submits his counter-affidavit, then that's the time he will appear before the prosecutor," Willie's lawyer added.