After months of being the subject of blind items, actor Diether Ocampo finally owned up to the allegations of his independent film’s production staff.

Reports have it that Diether has failed to pay the salaries of his film’s staff and even its suppliers.

In a statement exclusively sent to The Buzz on Sunday, Diether said he is taking full responsibility for what happened.

“As the executive producer of Tandem Entertainment, I take full responsibility. There are matters beyond my control that led to this predicament. I will never run away from my responsibilities,” he said.

Diether furthermore assured that their team had already set a meeting with the staff regarding the matter.

“I treasure the people behind the project and I would not allow them to suffer. I assure the staff that I will give them what is due them,” he said.

Meanwhile, a supposed staff of Diether’s film, while refusing to reveal his face on camera claimed that the actor owes people “millions.”

“Actually nagbigay siya sa ibang mga staff ng post-dated check last January. Naka-date 'yun ng February 10. Pero noong 'yung iba nagpapalit na, hindi daw napondohan. All in all, siguro mga milyun-milyon ang utang ni Diet sa aking estimate,” he said.

Although there are those who were able to get a down payment, there were others who unfortunately didn’t get anything at all.

“Yung ibang staff, hanggang second down payment pa lang ang nare-receive and the other staff, wala pa talaga.'Yung mga huling pumirma ng kontrata, kahit piso walang na-receive,” he added.

Despite the incident, the staff remains hopeful that the issue would be resolved soon enough.

“Sana as soon as possible, ma-resolve 'yung problema na ito kasi sobrang tagal na. Hindi rin naman kami ganun kayaman para basta na lang i-give up ‘yung utang niya sa amin,” he said.