Monday, October 15, 2007 Salesman faces raps for giving wife STD By Rhodamae M. Hernandez
THE City Prosecution Office approved for court trial the charges filed against a liquor salesman for violation of the law on anti-violence against women and their children (VAWC) for allegedly abandoning and infecting his wife with a sexually transmitted disease.
Charged in violation of Republic Act 9262 was Ben (name withheld to protect the dignity of the children) after City Prosecutor Stella Esparagoza-Camino found probable cause to hold him for court trial based on the complaint of the wife, Sandra (not her real name).
Court records showed that the respondent's job requires the latter to travel to different places and there were times when the respondent seldom came home.
She claimed that when she was three months pregnant with their second baby, she was diagnosed with vaginal warts and when she confronted her husband about this, he admitted having them saying it was but normal.
She said that in 2006, she went to a gynecologist after feeling extreme pain and there she discovered she was infected with Human Papilloma Virus, another sexually transmitted disease. She said that when she confronted the accused, he admitted having unprotected sex with paid women.
Because of this, she said, she underwent total hysterectomy and could no longer bear a child again. She said there was no other person who could have infected her since Ben was her only sexual partner.
She said that during the time when she was in the hospital, Ben never visited her and even refused to pay her hospital bills. On February 18, 2007, the respondent left her and their daughters and has not been sending any financial support.
Camino recommended bailbond of P24,000 for the respondent's temporary liberty.
