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2007-08-07 |
CARPIO MORALES, J. |
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| Assuming that AAA is, indeed, a pokpok girl, it is settled that: [T]he victim's character in rape is immaterial. Even the fact that the offended party may have been of unchaste character constitutes no defense to the charge of rape, provided that it is proved that the illicit relations described in the complaint was committed with force and violence.[38] As for her staying with the male members of her barkada despite the circumstances indicated above, AAA's explanation therefor â"€ that the group told her that her boyfriend would arrive and she trusted them[39] â"€ is plausible. Her naívete of trusting the three accused is understandable, given that she was only 14 years old when the incidents occurred.[40] | |||||