Lawyer filed cyberlibel charges against six journalist

Description

On May 6, Atty. Gutierrez filed cyber-libel charges against 6 officers and staff of the Journal Group for patently false reports that he and VP Robredo are being assisted in the ongoing election campaign by CPP founder Joma Sison. Gutierrez, Robredo and Sison denied the allegations.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
6
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Unknown
Status of journalists
Unknown
Gender
Other
Age
Data not collected
Country
NCR – National Capital Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Atty. Ibarra Gutierrez
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Non-state actors (Political party, intolerance group, religious group, individual, private organization, private company, etc)
Gender
Male
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Criminal lawsuit/charge: Other charge