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For the
first time, I got a glimpse of Sam Milby’s dark side.
I mean,
I’ve known the guy for more than a year now and while he
may not come across as such, he really is one cheerful
guy. I mean, the grumpiest I’d ever seen him was when
his sleep got interrupted. The most exasperated I ever
saw him was when he was asking “tips” from me on how to
get closer to Toni Gonzaga back when he was still
courting her. In fact, when a Tamaraw FX driver crashed
into his car, almost killing him and his companion at
the time, a fashion editor/stylist, he even declined to
sue because he felt sorry for the driver, saying that
the driver is “a family man; besides, my insurance would
take care the repairs.” He was just glad to come out of
the incident alive.
But in a
recent episode of The Buzz, a visibly angry
Sam Milby explained that, no, he was never at
Hotel Sofitel the day TV host and tabloid columnist
Lolit Solis allegedly saw him and Piolo Pascual
together. He insisted that he was at a salon getting his
haircut that day. He then demanded Lolit for a public
apology and a retraction of what she had written, or
else he will press charges.
Looks
like he is indeed serious, because I got a copy of a
letter from the law firm representing him and Piolo. I
am printing it here verbatim.
Subject:
Demand Letter
Ms.
Solis:
We are
writing in behalf of our clients, Mssrs. Samuel Lloyd
Milby and Piolo Jose N. Pascual.
Our
cleints referred to us the matter of libelous material,
which you wrote in your 15 October 2007 column in
Pilipino Star Ngayon. Other articles referring to the
same subject matter were subsequently published in other
tabloids.
In your
article, you narrated that you saw our clients together
at a Sofitel Hotel coffee shop, the previous Friday, 12
October 2007, at around 4:00 pm, their manner toward
each other unexpected from two gentlemen. Your article
has left no doubt in the minds of the readers, that you
intended our clients to be perceived as gay men.
Unfortunately, our clients were not at Sofitel on 12
October 2007. They were not even together on the said
date. Hence, your story was without any factual basis,
and clearly a falsehood.
Besides
being a complete lie, your narrative contained words and
phrases that were indisputably defamatory, for they
impute upon our clients a condition, which is sufficient
to impeach their reputation as matinee idols and hold
them up to public ridicule. Your article has undoubtedly
shown your objective of maligning and injuring the
reputation of our clients.
In view
of the foregoing, we hereby demand a retraction of your
malicious article, as well as a public apology. After
having maliciously maligned our clients, it is only
appropriate that you dispel the negative impression
created by your libelous article. Should you fail to do
so within ten (10) days from your receipt of this
latter, we shall be constrained to take whatever legal
action is appropriate and necessary to protect the
interests of our clients.
Our
clients still hope that the above matter would be
settled without resort to court action. We appeal to
your common decency, and hope you will correct what you
have done and refrain from further inflicting injury to
our clients.
We trust
that this matter merits your preferencial attention.
Very
truly yours,
Rayala
Alonso and Partners |
