Baron not contented amid blessings

Baron Geisler's acting career progresses, his personal life keeps pulling him down. Baron was recently awarded as best actor by Cinemalaya in his remarkable performance in the independent film "Jay." He also keeps receiving positive remarks in his role in "Torotot" that will compete in Brussels Independent Film Festival.

Aside from movies, Baron is also part of the cast of upcoming ABS-CBN afternoon TV series "Eva Fonda" expected to start in September. "I feel great and happy because everybody around me congratulates me even people outside showbiz. So I am very glad with the compliments they are giving me. Those are my inspiration to work better," the actor said.

But despite all his success, he is still unsatisfied until he resolved his row with friend Yayo Aguila. Last Tuesday, during the hearing of acts of lasciviousness case filed against Baron, Martinez's camp rejected the out-of-court settlement offered by the young actor.

"It's too late for such a settlement offer. We believe that this is a good time to teach him (Geisler) a lesson and for him to realize that what he is doing is not good for him and for other people," the victim's lawyer Salvador Panelo said in a television interview. Baron who was not present during the hearing, was charged for allegedly touching sensitive part of the body of Martinez's 21-year-old daughter Patrizha Maree last April 25 at a bar in Makati.

Yayo's counter-affidavit in response to Geisler's countercharge of perjury against her and unjust vexation against Patrizhia was questioned because according to Baron's lawyer Bonifacio Alentajan it is "impossible" for Yayo to testify for daughter as she did not personally witness the incident.

Yayo was in the US when the alleged fondling incident happened. "In her sworn statement, she narrated what she heard from other people. She's not there. Her statement is purely based on hearsays meaning she is telling stories that she has no personal knowledge to," Alentajan said.

But Yayo contested that despite being away at that time, what she narrated in her statement were all true. "I'm not hurt. I'm not sad. It's just that enough for friendship for now," she said. But then for Baron, he still sticks to his counter-affidavit as a form of protection against people trying to destroy his reputation.

"My client has a right to protect himself and the only way he can do it is to file perjury case against her (Yayo)," Alentajan said. Baron also believed that he will not be receiving all his blessings at present if he really is totally a bad person. "I must be doing something right that's why God still blessed me. Maybe if I am a totally bad guy maybe God will not give me all these things. There are really many people whom we cannot convince not to be mad at me," he said.