Republic of the Philippines

Department of Justice
CITY PROSECUTION OFFICE

SOFIA VERGARA for herself and in behalf of her minor child

JONATHAN VERGARA
Complainant,

-versus- Docket No. ____

For: Violation of RA 9262
ACE VENTURA, Violence against
Respondent. Women and Children
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COMPLAINT AFFIDAVIT

I, Sofia Vergara, Filipino, of legal age, married, and a resident of Santa Mesa,
Manila, under oath, hereby states:

1. I am and the same person who is the complainant in the instant case
and I represent my minor child Jonathan Vergara,

2. That my common law husband is Ace Ventura of legal age, married, and
and a resident of Santa Mesa, Manila;

3. That I used to work as an HR Manager in a private company where my I

met my common law husband Ace who was then a supervisor in
operations;

4. That Ace and I have cohabitated without the benefit of marriage, for 7
years since June 2010;

5. That out of our cohabitation, we begot one (1) child, namely JONATHAN
VERGARA a who is currently 8 years old;
6. That my husband has lost his job and has been unemployed since 2013;

7. That my husband has been previously married to Teresa Ventura who

has been reported to be physically abused by Ace Ventura as well;

8. That I caught my husband having numerous affairs with different woman

and when I confront him about it would result in physical and verbal
abuse;

9. On December 2013, I saw my husband with another woman and

confronted him about it but this lead to a heated argument where he
punched me and I ended up with a black eye. Ace promised not to hurt
me again after asking for my forgiveness and I forgave him because we
have a son.

10.That on April 2014, he poured hot water on me and I got first degree
burn after an argument, I forgave him again because he promised not to
do it again and he was just caught in the moment.

11.That on May 2015, I caught Ace Ventura urging our 8 year old son to
engage in prostitution and we ended up in a heated argument. Ace
threw the phone in my face and verbally abused me in front of our
house. Ace also threatened to hurt me and my son which has been
heard by several of our neighbors during the altercation. He repented
thereafter and I was moved by his apology and decided to forgive him
for our son.

12.That, on September 2017, I was dragged by the hair by Ace Ventura

outside our house following a heated argument. I sustained multiple
wounds and wasn’t able to report for work for multiple days. My son
also sustained several physical injuries and has been verbally abused by
his father for trying to protect me during this altercation.

13.I had to proceed to the Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Hospital to have my
injuries treated and also to PCP, V Mapa, Santa Mesa, Manila Police
Station, to report the matter.
14.That after this incident, we tried to talk and fix our relationship but on
January 2018, after we moved back to our house together, I have
discovered that my husband has been using it as a drug den and has
been heavily using illegal drugs in our house;

15.Again, on February 5, 2019, I have reached my final straw when my

husband punched me and dragged me across the house while he was
high on drugs and even kicked our son in the stomach and verbally
abused us.

16.The acts aforementioned are violative of Republic Act No. 9262 or Anti-
Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 which provides
that

"Violence against women and their children" refers to any act or a series
of acts committed by any person against a woman who is his wife,
former wife, or against a woman with whom the person has or had a
sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has a common child, or
against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or without
the family abode, which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual,
psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of
such acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation
of liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:

"Physical Violence" refers to acts that include bodily or physical harm;

17.That I have caused the preparation of this affidavit to support our

complaint.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14 th of February
2019 at Taguig City, Philippines

SOFIA VERGARA,

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 13th day of February 2019 at

Quezon City, Philippines the following affiant exhibiting to me her SSS ID with no.
N04-12-024976 issued on July 21, 2016 in Quezon City.

ATTY. ALLAN CRUZ

58 Sct. Tuazon BGC, Taguig City
Roll of Attorney No. 32711
IBP Lifetime Member No. 070223, 07-04-2008
PTR No. 626777, 07-05-17
MCLE Compliance No. III-0030555

Doc. No. 2;
Page No. 12;
Book No. IV;
Series of 2019.