UPDATE September 8, 2014 10.25 AM. BILLY CRAWFORD MUGSHOT
I got this disturbing news early this sunday morning while having a client meeting when GMA News on twitter broke this news that Actor/Host Billy Crafowrd is now detained in Police station 7 BGC.
I saw him last night at the 8th star Magic Ball with Coleen Garcia. They were very happy and game to pose for our friendly media friends.
Nakakulong ngayon sa Police Station 7 sa Fort Bonifacio Global City ang aktor at host na si Billy Joe Crawford. #NewsTVLive
— GMA News (@gmanews) September 7, 2014
Batay sa initial investigation, dumating sa presinto si Crawford pasado 4AM kanina kasama ang isang babae para humingi ng tulong #NewsTVLive — GMA News (@gmanews) September 7, 2014
Pero nang sabihin daw na ihahatid siya sa headquarters, bigla na lang umanong nagwala ang aktor at sinuntok ang desk officer. #NewsTVLive
— GMA News (@gmanews) September 7, 2014
Bukod dito, sinuntok din umano ni Crawford ang glass door ng presinto kaya inaresto siya ng mga pulis. #NewsTVLive — GMA News (@gmanews) September 7, 2014
Dinala rin siya sa ospital para ipasuri. Dahil dito, nahaharap sa kasong malicious mischief si Crawford. #NewsTVLive
— GMA News (@gmanews) September 7, 2014
Sinusubukan pa ng @gmanews na kunin ang panig ni Crawford tungkol sa insidente. #NewsTVLive — GMA News (@gmanews) September 7, 2014
Photo screenshot from GMA News Twitter Account. Waiting for ABSCBN to release an official statement.
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DEVELOPING: Billy Crawford speaks up on the related incident. In an interview this morning at DZMM, he answered everything.
“It was my fault pero wala akong nasaktan, wala akong tinulak, wala akong tinamaan kundi ‘yung salamin. To be honest with you, I don’t see anything wrong with what I did. It was my fault for actually being aggressive. Buti na lang it didn’t happen in a bar, it didn’t happen anywhere else. It happened in a precinct. The reason why is because I knew for a fact I needed to be in a controlled environment. So as I said, I really apologize to the officers if I said anything derogatory or anything else. You know when we are under the influence of alcohol, you just don’t really fake it. I don’t come from a background na to hide or to fake anything.
It’s an aggression. I’m just really exhausted. I’m stressed out by certain situations. We try to be the best we are. We are not perfect. Ibig sabihin ng ‘Ayaw ko makasakit,’ I’m getting the aggression. And usually for me, when I’m angry, I’m not plastic. If there’s someone that speaks derogatorily to me or anything, reresbak ako. It’s my protection. That’s one of the reasons why I went to the prison and said, ‘Just please arrest me.’ Kasi I do not want to be drunk roaming around or making a fool out of myself which I am right now. That was it. When they put the handcuffs on me, I calmed down. When I sat down, I just… ewan ko. Ito ba ‘yung pahinga na sinasabi ko na gusto ko,” he said. “I can’t contain myself if I’m under the influence of alcohol. Sasabihin ko nga that was the only thing that was wrong for me. I just really apologized.”
Photo above from MJ Marfori’s Tumblr Account.
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UPDATE September 8, 2014
