Actor Raymart Santiago Fistfight vs newspaper columnist Mon Tulfo on Sunday May 6 at NAIA-3
A case of bad timing and misunderstanding led to a fistfight between newspaper columnist Mon Tulfo and actor Raymart Santiago on Sunday, May 6 at NAIA-3.
According to reports, the skirmish started when Claudine reprimanded a Cebu Pacific flight attendant about her missing luggage. Then, she spotted a man taking a video of what was going on.
What the Santiagos said
Raymart confronted the man, who turned out to be Tulfo. Raymart reported that when he approached Tulfo to confront him, the columnist retaliated by punching him.
In a TV Patrol report hours after the incident happened, Claudine claimed Tulfo tried to threaten them.
“'Hindi niyo kilala ang kinakalaban niyo, matakot kayo,’” she recalled what Tulfo allegedly told her and Raymart.
She added that Tulfo kicked her twice and pushed her to the counter.
Tulfo: Claudine’s bruise was an accident
A bruised and swollen Tulfo, on the other hand, told TV Patrol it was Raymart who hit him first.
“Gusto niyang kunin yung cellphone ko,” Tulfo explained.
Raymart denied this.
“Ni hindi ko nahawakan camera niya,” he said.
Tulfo claimed he was simply defending himself since Raymart’s companion attacked him.
“May sumakal na sa 'kin,” Tulfo revealed.
He maintains that he did not intend to kick Claudine and claimed the incident happened while he was struggling with Raymart and his companion.
Tulfo took a photo and not a video of Claudine allegedly cursing the airport staff.
The Santiago couple and their children arrived from Boracay while Tulfo came from Davao.
As of posting time, authorities are still waiting for a report from the Cebu Pacific’s complaints desk, where the incident happened.
the side of Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist and radio host Ramon Tulfo has filed a case against celebrity couple Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto on Monday, a day after the controversial brawl at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3, according to a report on Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
The report said that Tulfo filed charges of physical injuries and grave coercion against the couple and those who helped them in beating him up Sunday.
A YouTube video showed the couple and several of their companions ganging up on Tulfo while airport security tried to break up the fight that erupted after the host and columnist took pictures of Barretto allegedly berating a ground stewardess of Cebu Pacific over some of their unclaimed baggage.
Santiago allegedly asked Tulfo for his mobile phone but the columnist had refused.
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| Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto (Photo courtesy of GMA Network and NPPA Images) |
A case of bad timing and misunderstanding led to a fistfight between newspaper columnist Mon Tulfo and actor Raymart Santiago on Sunday, May 6 at NAIA-3.
According to reports, the skirmish started when Claudine reprimanded a Cebu Pacific flight attendant about her missing luggage. Then, she spotted a man taking a video of what was going on.
What the Santiagos said
Raymart confronted the man, who turned out to be Tulfo. Raymart reported that when he approached Tulfo to confront him, the columnist retaliated by punching him.
In a TV Patrol report hours after the incident happened, Claudine claimed Tulfo tried to threaten them.
“'Hindi niyo kilala ang kinakalaban niyo, matakot kayo,’” she recalled what Tulfo allegedly told her and Raymart.
She added that Tulfo kicked her twice and pushed her to the counter.
Tulfo: Claudine’s bruise was an accident
A bruised and swollen Tulfo, on the other hand, told TV Patrol it was Raymart who hit him first.
“Gusto niyang kunin yung cellphone ko,” Tulfo explained.
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| Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist and radio host Ramon Tulfo |
Raymart denied this.
“Ni hindi ko nahawakan camera niya,” he said.
Tulfo claimed he was simply defending himself since Raymart’s companion attacked him.
“May sumakal na sa 'kin,” Tulfo revealed.
He maintains that he did not intend to kick Claudine and claimed the incident happened while he was struggling with Raymart and his companion.
Tulfo took a photo and not a video of Claudine allegedly cursing the airport staff.
The Santiago couple and their children arrived from Boracay while Tulfo came from Davao.
As of posting time, authorities are still waiting for a report from the Cebu Pacific’s complaints desk, where the incident happened.
the side of Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist and radio host Ramon Tulfo has filed a case against celebrity couple Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto on Monday, a day after the controversial brawl at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3, according to a report on Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
The report said that Tulfo filed charges of physical injuries and grave coercion against the couple and those who helped them in beating him up Sunday.
A YouTube video showed the couple and several of their companions ganging up on Tulfo while airport security tried to break up the fight that erupted after the host and columnist took pictures of Barretto allegedly berating a ground stewardess of Cebu Pacific over some of their unclaimed baggage.
Santiago allegedly asked Tulfo for his mobile phone but the columnist had refused.