Cop in sex video blackmail case facing admin raps — PNP

MANILA, Philippines — The police colonel who allegedly blackmailed a woman he had an illicit affair with using a recording of their sexual encounter is facing administrative charges, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). 

PNP Spokesperson Colonel Jean Fajardo said the police official was immediately relieved from his post last July 2023.

“The concerned PNP officer was relieved in July 2023 and is in the custody of the Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit of Camp Crame,” Fajardo said in a press briefing on Monday. 

“We also lodged an admin case against him, separate from the criminal case he is facing,” she added.

Fajardo, however, did not give further details on the administrative charges filed against the police officer, but told INQUIRER.net that they formally lodged the complaint on August 1, 2023 “for grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer”

He is currently facing a string of criminal complaints before the Quezon City Prosecutors’ Office for violating Republic Act (RA) 9262, the Anti-Violence against Women and their Children Law; RA 9995, the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act; RA 11313, the Safe Spaces Law; RA 10173, the Data Privacy Act; RA 10175, the Cybercrime Prevention Law.

A previous report revealed that he also faces complaints of grave coercion, intrigue against honor, and unjust vexation.

In her complaint, the victim said she met the police officer online after the latter sent a friend request on Facebook in December 2020. During their meetups, the respondent reportedly recorded their sexual encounter without consent and showed her the video “for fun.”

The officer purportedly used the recording to borrow hundreds of thousands of money. The case is currently under preliminary investigation.