Juril Patiño was arrested along Arellano Boulevard, Cebu City on Monday, July 22, 2019, by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas Region Office . | contributed photoIn a Facebook post on July 23, 2019, Lilibeth Estomo Patiño said her husband should not be condemned as he was wrongly accused of the charges filed against him.
Lawyer Donaver Inesin, the senior agent of NBI CEVRO and one of those present during the arrest of Patiño, told CDN Digital that they were only doing their jobs. At first, Patiño allegedly told her that he didn’t have coins. But while she was on her way out of the building, the then lawyer-broadcaster allegedly told her to go with him to his car where he left the coins.
Afterwhich, the girl said, she was told by Patiño to transfer to the back seat. She obliged out of fear.