Nicholas S. Hole, Jr. denies the accusations of Jhemerlyn I. Lumalaban in her complaint of sexual harassment. He states that James Rebond, a friend, introduced Lumalaban as a singing talent and Hole hired her as an artist for his recording company. Hole denies Lumalaban's allegations regarding a meeting at the Manila Hotel on June 20, 2018 and asserts the case was filed in bad faith after Lumalaban demanded a 50% increase in her talent fee, which Hole opposed. Hole executed this counter affidavit to attest to the truth of his statements and support the dismissal of the case against him.
Nicholas S. Hole, Jr. denies the accusations of Jhemerlyn I. Lumalaban in her complaint of sexual harassment. He states that James Rebond, a friend, introduced Lumalaban as a singing talent and Hole hired her as an artist for his recording company. Hole denies Lumalaban's allegations regarding a meeting at the Manila Hotel on June 20, 2018 and asserts the case was filed in bad faith after Lumalaban demanded a 50% increase in her talent fee, which Hole opposed. Hole executed this counter affidavit to attest to the truth of his statements and support the dismissal of the case against him.
Nicholas S. Hole, Jr. denies the accusations of Jhemerlyn I. Lumalaban in her complaint of sexual harassment. He states that James Rebond, a friend, introduced Lumalaban as a singing talent and Hole hired her as an artist for his recording company. Hole denies Lumalaban's allegations regarding a meeting at the Manila Hotel on June 20, 2018 and asserts the case was filed in bad faith after Lumalaban demanded a 50% increase in her talent fee, which Hole opposed. Hole executed this counter affidavit to attest to the truth of his statements and support the dismissal of the case against him.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR MANILA CITY
COUNTER AFFIDAVIT
I, NICHOLAS S. HOLE,JR, of legal age, Philippine
Citizen, owner and executive producer of Spotitunes Records Manila located at Building 456, Manila, after having been sworn in accordance with law, do hereby depose and state that:
1. I am the respondent in I.S. No. 8080-911 for
violation of Sec. 3(a)(1) of RA.7877 otherwise known as “Anti-Sexual Harassment Act”filed by JHEMERLYN I. LUMALABAN at the Manila City Prosecutor’s Office.
2. Undersigned is executing this affidavit to
vehemently deny all the accusations of JHEMERLYN I. LUMALABAN in her complaint for being false, fabricated and malicious.
3. The truth of the matter is that on April 2018,
James Rebond, a good friend of mine,asked me if I can get her talent, the above named complainant, whom he discovered long time ago in singing contests, and employ her under my company as an artist.
4. As a good friend of Mr. Rebond, I accepted his
request so he immediately set a meeting for us so that I could see his talent personally and I could see what she has to offer in my recording company.
5. After hearing her voice, I was impressed of
her talent in singing. Negotiations were made and so I gave the complainant the chance to work on my recording company as an artist. A month after, she signed a contract and immediately began with her debut album which is set to release on November 2018. 6. I deny her allegations that on June 20, 2018, I called up his agent, Mr. Rebond, and said that I was not happy with her work. It was in fact her who asked Mr. Rebond to set a meeting for us since she has an important matter to discuss with me.
7. I had prior appointment that day so I asked
her if she can just join us for lunch at the Manila Hotel along with the other artists I handle. But she refused and said that the matter she want to discuss was very confidential and she didn’t want any other people to know.
8. There is no truth in her allegations in
paragraphs 9 to 16. She declined my offer to take her to Manila Hotel for lunch along with the other artists. I went to Manila Hotel alone.
9. Attached in this affidavit is the picture we
took that day at the buffet in Manila Hotel. She was not present in the photo. I likewise deny her allegation that I had a room booked at Manila Hotel. I did not have any room booked in that hotel.
10. I was extremely surprised when I received a
subpoena.
11. The case filed against me is motivated by bad
faith. Prior to this complaint, she wanted me to increase her talent fee by 50% which I opposed to. Rejected with her requests, she executed this baseless complaint.
12. I am executing this counter affidavit to
attest to the truth of the foregoing statement and to support for the dismissal of the case filed against me.
I, WITNESS WHEREOF, hereby affix my signature this 20th
day of January 2019 in the city of Manila, Philippines.