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I had entrusted Leah with our money and our assets, given a check that bounced.

I wanted to invest in a business with her until it reached to like 30 million pesos.

Yes.

Oh my goodness.

I was hooked with the casino. I had a problem. So I did spend some of the money.

He himself has been there with me.

Yes, I have.

Yeah, let's call it quits.

Sir, what is it exactly that you want?

Well, what money I could recover, and that's quite possibly none. Assistance with the sale of the house in Dasmarinas.

I can help you with that.

And we have been mercilessly mucked around by the developer, Phil Invest.

I can call Phil Invest so that you can sell it.

Or find a really good new home for that dog.

Done.

Thank you.

Sir, how are you since the last time you went to the program and you were able to talk with Senator Tulfo about your problem?

I feel far more optimistic than I was.

I feel that there's a solution to at least some of the problems that have been created.

And I'm just eternally grateful.

How was it dealing with the problems here before you went to the program?

Sure, I was stressed.

I kept running into roadblocks, as we would say, obstacles.

And it just never seemed like something would finally happen.

Obviously, it gets you a bit depressed. It gets you a bit sad and frustrated.

Okay.

How long have you been staying?

Here in the Philippines, sir.

And how do you find Philippines so far?

Well, the Philippines is a beautiful place.

And that's why what I'm doing is all intended, hopefully, to see me stay here.

What Leah did doesn't make me give up on the Philippines or Philippine people.

It's a wonderful place to be full of wonderful people, by and large.

So I'm hoping that that's the way it'll work out for me.

Sir, how old are you right now?

I'm 64.

64.

So if you don't mind, sir,

what was your work back in Australia?

Until 2011, I had been an attorney for almost 30 years.

After that, I purchased a beach resort in northern Australia,

which I operated until the end of 2019.

I sold that resort with the intention that I would then permanently reside in the Philippines.

So this resort that you sold, sir, is worth how much, sir, if you don't mind?

600,000 Australian dollars.

That's approximately 21 million.

How did you end up marrying Ma'am Leonora and how did you meet Ma'am Leonora in the first place, sir?

I met Ma'am Leonora online later 2017.

We first physically met on the 17th of November 2017 when I came to the Philippines.

Yeah.

And it blossomed from there.

How was she before?

Well, she was beautiful, charming, I thought, cared very much for me.

I thought she was a wonderful mother.

I just thought she was a really terrific lady.

So how long was the marriage, sir?

We married in October 2019.

And I started discovering the truth in March and April of 2023.

So you discovered everything, sir?

Just last year.

Yes.

Okay. So first, she actually admitted on air with Senator that she

got addicted with casino, right, and gambling.

And aside from that, what are the other discoveries, sir, that you found out?

That she had had affairs in the course of our marriage,

not subsequent to its breakdown, but in the course of it, that some of the circumstances of that were really, really hurtful.

And nasty, involved great deceit.

So, for example, on one occasion, I'd come back here after discovering some of the problems.

And Leah was not here.

She'd left the country, so we thought.

And in searching through papers and records here, we discovered an airline itinerary for Leah to travel to Sydney, Australia on the 3rd of October 2022.

And with that, the confirmation of a reservation at a hotel in Sydney in the name of a gentleman.

So whilst I sat here physically in this very house, and Leah telling me she was doing a catering job in Pampanga or somewhere such,

consequently didn't want to come backwards and forwards to home.

Whilst I was under that belief, she was, in fact, in Sydney, Australia with this gentleman.

Do you have a baby with Ms.

Nora? No, we didn't have children.

When and how did you decide to end your marriage?

Well, it's hard to pick an exact date.

I mean, I made up my mind

that it was finished.

There was no prospect of it being saved.

You could never trust again about anything.

Not to mention, I was broke.

I had no money. And how I would be able to stay.

And that all

had been caused by Leah, but so many emotions for sadness, anger, grief.

So I can't give you an exact date, but I made up my mind and told her that that was it.

So let's talk about the 30 million plus invested with Ma'am Lenora.

Aside from the casino, are there any other things that you believe that she she spent it with?

I honestly don't know.

All I know is that 30 million is a hell of an amount of money just to be losing at a casino.

Leads me to wonder whether all that money is not in fact gone, but some remains.

Leonora issued you a bounce check.

Yes. Can you explain, sir, this bounce check?

This check was given to me by Leah to bank in Australia

when I returned in February of 2023 for my daughter's wedding.

It was to assist in paying for the wedding, giving them a wedding gift and funding the trip.

Last time, Ma'am Lenora agreed that she will no longer come after this property, this house.

So is this the only property left with you, sir?

Yes. When did you purchase this house, sir?

2018.

How much is this house cost, sir?

I gave Leah 2.8 million peso.

It was also mentioned that you have a property in Cebu.

So it's already, you sold it already also, sir.

What was that property?

I don't know whether it exists or not.

I was told that it was already sold.

I was told by Leah, an investment I had made,

and that a friend of mine made with me was a property in Cebu, which was being...

But you never saw this property, sir?

No.

Okay.

You mentioned also that there is this catering business that she invested with your money.

Were you able to see this catering business, sir, or it never existed?

Well, it didn't exist.

She admitted in the end, yes.

I was angry, shocked.

I mean, you've got to understand, the level of deceit here just went totally against what I previously thought Leah was.

I couldn't have imagined that she could orchestrate all this and do it so clinically and selfishly to ruin other people's lives without a care in the world.

Does your family know about this, sir, knew about this?

How did they react?

Oh, they're disgusted, like me.

Shocked.

Because they'd all met Leah on numerous occasions.

And they thought, as I did, that Leah was a person who she proved not to be.

So shock, anger, despair for me, because it's left me pretty well high and dry.

But they've been very supportive of my family.

What's your children's reactions?

Sadness for me, anger.

There's a little bit of, how could you be so stupid, Dad?

Which is fair enough, I get it.

Do you still have money left with you or Leonora left nothing?

Nothing.

A dear friend paid for the airfare.

My sister gave me enough spending money, as we would call it, to put food on the table.

As of now, yeah.

But I have six thousand and something peso in the bank as we speak right now.

From thirty two million.

I got six thousand.

You got six thousand.

Yes.

Have you heard any issue or any gossip about Miss Leonora?

Leah's borrowed money from neighbors in this subdivision.

Well, one neighbor, for example, claimed to be owed over a million peso.

When I confronted Leah about that,

she was steadfast and certain that it was more like three hundred thousand peso.

So in the end,

the neighbor and I agreed, agreed that let's call it five hundred thousand

because no one could really know what the real figure was, except that.

What's the lesson you learned, sir?

I'll never trust anyone again, which is not the way I want to live my life.

I want to enjoy relationships where I can invest trust in the other person.

So and I'm determined to do that.

I'm not going to abandon that.

But perhaps I might be a bit more inquisitive

about what's happening.

You know, ask for a bit more information rather than just rely solely on what I'm told.

Let's talk about the dog, sir.

So you had this dog, sir, during your relationship with Mama Leonora.

You bought it.

What's the name of your dog, sir?

Nicky.

You wanted to transfer Nicky to Jensen, sir.

Right.

With that, sir, we will also assist you as promised by Senator Raffi.

And one step at a time, we will, of course, start it with the title.

We will talk to Phil Invest.

And later on, we will also help you, sir, to send Nicky, the dog, to Jensen.

And you don't have to worry about the shipping or the I don't know how you

call it, the fees, sir, because Sir Raffi will help you with that, sir.

Thank you. I hope

that somehow or other it works out for you.

I certainly hope you don't gamble anymore and that somehow or other you can pick yourself up and

build a productive life going forward.

I mean, what's done is done.

I can't say I'm very happy with you at all, but I don't want you to not better

yourself going forward and having a reasonable life.

So that's what you would assume, a man's dance.

And since I asked, you know, I knew that you couldn't give me the time

yet you started doing your work and ultimately made me want to respect you.

He is a good person.

It's not a dog.

Good lookin'.

So this song,

Shall we do it?

Afor서 Favelas.

A heartfelt thank you to Senator Tolfo and his wonderful staff.

We've been today to fill in vests and got some answers to some questions and I feel so much better about it now.

And also today we arranged for our beloved Nikki, the Belgian Alsatian, to be sent to General Santos.

That bill was kindly paid by the Senator and we're very grateful.

Thank you to everyone for your support.

Thank you for watching!