MANILA, Philippines – AS the Sandro Muhlach – GMA executives saga heats up, singer Gerald Santos recounts his own ordeal and wished the young actor “gets the justice he was once denied of.”
The Pinoy Pop Superstar (2006) Season 2 grand champion said he has been receiving messages and has been tagged by netizens about the issue of Sandro who filed a complaint against two GMA executives who , he claims, sexually abused him on the night of the recent GMA Gala event.
“My heart goes to Sandro and the whole Muhlach family. I was once in this situation but back then wala kang boses, walang social media,” he said in an Instagram post.
“Unlike ngayon na nagkaroon na ng #Metoo movement. But I will hold my head up high for standing up amidst tremendous pressure to just let go of what happened,” he said.
Image: Screen grab / @thegeraldsantos Instagram post
In an Instagram story, the singer boldly wished that all abuses against newbie artists by those in power be stopped.
“Sana ay matigil na ang pang aabuso sa mga baguhang artists ng mga nakaupo sa kapangyarihan!”
“#Me too,” he said.
Gerald’s harassment case
It can be recalled that over a decade ago, the singer filed a sexual harassment case against a musical director said to be connected to Pinoy Pop Superstar, a defunct singing contest aired on GMA.
In past interviews, the singer said the incident happened when was just 15 years old and it took him years to bring it up in the open.
Santos said then that the Kapuso network executives did not act on the matter which made things worse. He no longer pursued the case because the bosses took the side of his perpetrator.
