Stabbing suspect claims Ricky tried to rape him
Hans Ivan Ruiz, the suspect in the stabbing Ricky Rivero, is now claiming the ABS-CBN director and “That's Entertainment” alumnus tried to rape him.
According to earlier reports, Ruiz stabbed Rivero 17 times last June 13 at the latter's apartment in Quezon City. The 22-year-old suspect also allegedly fled with the director's belongings but returned to the apartment to clean evidence of his crime.
But in an interview with GMA 7's “24 Oras” on Monday, July 4, Ruiz said Rivero attempted to sexually abuse him the night he allegedly stabbed the director.
“Parang sabi nya po noon sa akin, 'gawa tayo ng baby,' sabi nya. Kaya parang nagulat po ako. Sabi ko na lang po sa kanya, simula pa nung dati, sinabi ko sayo hindi pwede, na magkaibigan lang.' Sabi ko rin, 'ikaw pa nga nagsabi na walang commitment, kaibigan lang yung turingan.' Parang hindi ko naman po expected na bigla yung mangyayari,” he told “24 Oras.”
Ruiz describe what happened the night of the incident: “Nung mga three na po yata yun, nagising na lang po ako na hinihipuan nya po ako. Pumalag po ako nung naramdaman ko po yung ginagawa nya sa akin. Tapos bigla nya po akong hinawakan sa leeg.”
According to the report, Ruiz had already slept in Rivero's apartment in Quezon City thrice before the incident, adding that they never had sexual relations. The two met through the social networking site Facebook.
Ruiz is now out on a more than 200,000 peso bail. The amount was collected with the help of Ruiz's lawyer, Geraldine Ranillo.
Ranillo said what Ruiz did was in "defense of his honor."
“Idadagdag namin temporary insanity but we are contemplating on that also,” she explained.
Also a victim
In a taped interview with GMA 7's show “Tunay na Buhay” aired last Friday, July 1, Ivan said that he's not gay and that he harbors no ill feelings towards homosexuals.
“Wala, wala po. Kasi may mga ka-teammate ako sa volleyball na bading. May mga kaibigan akong bading. May mga, sabihin na nating close friends talaga. Yung nag-alaga sa akin bading nung bata pa ako. Kaya parang yung mga bading sa akin, walang kaso,” he said.
Ruiz added, “Ang lumalabas po kasi sa telebisyon na sya yung biktima. Pero ang iniisip ko po sa nangyari, isa rin ako sa biktima.”
During his “Tunay na Buhay” interview, he made no mention of the sexual abuse attempt.
Afterthought
Rivero denied Ruiz's allegations.
“Nainis ako, nagalit ako, sumama yung loob ko, kasi naging mabuti akong kaibigan sa kanya. And now na lumabas sa istorya, parang meron pang attempted na panghahalay, parang hindi ako makapaniwala na totoo,” he told “24 Oras.”
Rivero added: “Nakapag-usap kami, wala kaming relationship. Hindi kami mag-on, hindi ko sya boyfriend, wala kaming ganun. Klaro yun sa aming dalawa. Saka alam ko na meron syang girlfriend. So nagkaroon kami ng sexual relationship? I answered yes. But not that night.”
Rivero's lawyer, Evalyn Ursua, said Ruiz's claim is suspicious considering it never came up before.
“Ito pwede nating tawaging the evolving lies of Hans Ruiz, kasi sa simula wala naman syang sinasabi na ganito. Pagkatapos nung nagkaroon na sya ng abogado, bigla na lang lumabas yung kanyang storya na merong tangkang paghalay sa kanya. So obviously, ito ay isang afterthought,” she said.
