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2007-03-06 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| We likewise cannot afford to give weight to Ortile's claim that BBB and appellant had already reached an agreement regarding AAA's condition. According to Ortile, appellant, who happens to be her half-brother, had offered to marry AAA and pay for the delivery of their baby. To be more specific, Ortile stated that on 14 May 1996, BBB confronted appellant and the two supposedly had an understanding that appellant would shoulder the costs of AAA's delivery. Ortile claimed that appellant even offered to wed AAA. However, two days after, AAA and BBB reported the rape to the Office of the Investigation Section of the Camalig Municipal Police.[47] If appellant and AAA were really sweethearts, AAA would have readily acceded to appellant's offer of marriage rather than expose herself to the rigors and humiliation of a very public trial. Such reaction is unnatural for a young girl who had sexual intimacies with a man of her choice if she truly loves him.[48] | |||||