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A F F I D A V I T – C OM P L A I N T

I, PAT SARABIA, of legal age, single and a resident of after Purok 2, Dumalag,
Matina Aplaya, Davao City, having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby
depose and say THAT:

1. I am the same and identical person who caused the execution of this
instrument;

2. I am filing this Affidavit Complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor of
Davao in order that Information may be filed against GABBA SANTIAGO
(hereinafter, “GABBA” for brevity) for violation of the provisions of the
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN LAW (R.A. 9262), for
PHYSICAL ABUSE and PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE;

3. GABBA used to be my boyfriend;

4. Last February 18, 2017, I and REG met in the birthday party of our mutual
friend Niño Avenido. After we met, we became friends and then he asked for
my cellphone number which I gave him. We then started to exchange text
messages. And then, we started going out on dates. He started courting me
and our friendship blossomed into love. I agreed to be his girlfriend last March
10, 2017;

5. He would bring me to his boardinghouse and there we would consummate our

love. He brought me there often that we both decided that it would be more
economical for me to live with him in his boardinghouse;

6. While we were living in together in his boardinghouse, he was very sweet to

me and treated me kindly. However, his treatment towards me changed when
he bought a motorcycle last July 11, 2017 and started going home outside
Davao in Brgy. Nuevo Iloco, Mawab, Compostela Valley, every weekend;

7. GABBA started to be possessive. He would peruse my Facebook account and

look for men whom I chatted with, and accused me of cheating. He would
shout at me to make me confess that I was cheating albeit I was not. He would
look for anything just to pick a fight with me. His being possessive became
violent that when we would argue, he would punch my arms and yank my hair
and hurl expletives at me like “bwisit ka! animal ka! putangina ka! yawa ka!
sipaon tika!”, physically and psychologically hurting me;

8. He became so violent and so cruel to me that I broke up with him on November

8, 2017 and left his boardinghouse. However, he became sweet again and
made efforts to win be back. And so, I forgave him and we made up on
December 11, 2017 but I no longer returned living with him;

9. However, on February 18, 2018 around 11pm, I went to visit him in his
boarding house. When I saw him, he suddenly took my phone and began
perusing its contents. He then saw the name of my male friend HENRY ALLEN
(HENRY). He called the number and forced me to take the call because GABBA

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 wanted to hear my conversation with HENRY. I was greatly embarrassed when
HENRY took the call because I knew I was disturbing another person due to
the whim, caprice and cruelty of GABBA. He was testing me if I were cheating
with HENRY for which I was honestly not. This act of GABBA violated my will
and disrespected me as a person in the most fundamental way. I felt like I was
less of a person;

10. After the call, he kept accusing me of cheating, and because I did not admit to
the things he was unfairly accusing me of, he broke my cellphone in two. I was
so hurt but what he did because that cellphone was given by my mother to
me, and it has sentimental value because my mother had to work hard to buy
that cellphone;

11. GABBA then started to yank my hair hard, then he punched my arms and my
left ear. I started crying, but he was not satisfied with what he did that he
started to pinch my thighs painfully;

12. Fortunately, there was an unused cellphone in his room. I took it, used my sim
card and texted my friend ISABELLE ROMUALDEZ (ISABELLE). I asked her to
come and fetch me at the boarding house of GABBA because I was mauled by
GABBA;

13. I got my things and left to where the supposed rendezvous point was.
However, GABBA accompanied me saying that he was doubtful and that maybe
it was HENRY who was going to fetch me;

14. Fortunately, I was able to meet ISABELLE at the corner of the street near MATS
in R. Castillo St., Davao City. While I was going away, GABBA told me to get
on the tricycle that ISABELLE was riding in and still threatened that he will
throw stones at us;

15. I got on the tricycle that ISABELLE was riding in, and we left for the house of
latter. When we reached the house of ISABELLE, I received text messages from
GABBA saying, and I quote, “sibat jud awa sunogon ko lage balay anang “ISA”
awa”, “apilon konang imoha”;

16. In the morning the next day, I went to SPMC to seek medical attention to the
bruises that I sustained because of GABBA’s mauling. A copy of my Medical
certificate is hereto attached and marked as Annex “A”. A copy of pictures of
the said bruises, taken the next few days are hereto attached and marked as
Annex “B” to “B-5”;

17. I also went to the police station to report the said incident. A copy of the Police
Blotter is hereto attached and marked as Annex “C”;

18. Subsequently, I also went to the SPMC Psychiatric Department for

psychological evaluation because of the psychological trauma I sustained from
GABBA’s abuses. A copy of my Psychological Medical Certificate is hereto
attached and marked as Annex “D”;

19. Because of the physical injuries that GABBA inflicted upon my person, I have
suffered greatly physically tantamount to PHYSICAL ABUSE;

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 20. Because of the verbal abuses, cruelty and destruction by GABBA of my
cellphone with sentimental value, I have greatly suffered emotionally and
mentally tantamount to PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE;

21. Because of these abuses I have endured, I am now applying for a Permanent
Protection Order (PPO), and in the interim, a Temporary Protection Order (TPO)
in order to protect myself from LHORD;

22. I am specifically asking that the following reliefs be included in the Permanent
Protection Order and/or Temporary Protection Order:

a. Prohibiting GABBA from threatening to commit or committing, personally or

through another, physical harm to me;

b. Prohibiting GABBA from harassing, annoying, telephoning, contacting or

otherwise communicating with me, directly or indirectly;

c. Directing GABBA to stay away from me and designated family or household

member at a distance specified by the protection order, and to stay away
from the residence, place of employment, or any specified place frequented
by me and any designated family or household member;

d. And such other reliefs as may be granted under the law.

23. That I am executing this affidavit freely and voluntarily.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set forth my hand this 13th day of March
2018 at Davao City, Philippines.

PAT SARABIA
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this 13th day of March 2018 at

Davao City, Philippines. I certify further that I have personally examined herein affiant
and I am satisfied that he understood the contents of his statements and that he
voluntarily executed the same.