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Awra Briguela released from jail after posting bail

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Awra Briguela was released from the Makati City Custodial Jail on Saturday night, July 1 after her legal camp posted bail amounting to PHP6,000. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 19-year-old star spent several days in detention after being involved in a scuffle outside a bar in Poblacion in Makati City.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/6/30/awra-briguela-arestado-matapos-masangkot-sa-bugbugan-sa-makati-1020" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/6/30/awra-briguela-arestado-matapos-masangkot-sa-bugbugan-sa-makati-1020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Awra Briguela arestado matapos masangkot sa bugbugan sa Makati</u></strong></a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Awra faced several charges against her before her posting bail –– alarm and scandal, physical injuries, direct assault, and disobedience to authority. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">However, Makati Chief of Police Col. Edward Cutiyog shared that charges were lowered to slight physical injury and simple disobedience to a person in authority. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Members of the media tried to get a statement from Awra and her camp before leaving the custodial jail but were unable to do so.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Awra became a hot topic on social media over the last few days after her friends and fans came to defend her with the hashtag #JusticeForAwra. Netizens have also thrown in their support for the celebrity on social media. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One of her closest friends in the industry, Riva Quenery, aired out her frustration on social media after finding out what happened to her.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/7/1/riva-quenery-seeks-justice-for-awra-briguela-napakaloyal-kong-kaibigan-na-si-awra-833" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/7/1/riva-quenery-seeks-justice-for-awra-briguela-napakaloyal-kong-kaibigan-na-si-awra-833" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Riva Quenery seeks justice for Awra Briguela: ‘Napakaloyal kong kaibigan na si Awra’</u></strong></a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I really felt sad sa nangyari sa napakaloyal kong kaibigan na si Awra. Kaninang umaga, tumawag siya at nalaman kong inaresto siya sa Makati dahil sa isang kaguluhan na nangyari,&quot; Riva said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Dinalaw ko siya sa police station sa Makati kung saan siya na-detain at biglang bumagsak ang balikat ko nung nakita ko siya,” she added. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zeinab Harake, on the other hand, took to Twitter to show her support for Awra. She shared how lucky people are to be friends with the former child actress.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Having awra sa buhay ng mga kaibigan nya is a win grabe &#x27;tong batang to sa sobrang pag mamahal nya magagawa nya &#x27;yung mga bagay na hindi mo aasahan maparamdam lang nya sayong anjan sya sa hirap o ginhawa,&quot; RIva said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Kaya andito den kaming mga totoong ipag lalaban ka walang iwanan sa ere ayun ang tunay na kaibigan,” she added.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Awra has yet to address the allegations thrown at her after a social media influencer Xian Gaza leaked a CCTV footage from the bar alluding to Awra and his friends as the ones who instigated the fight. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/></div>

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Awra Briguela released from jail after posting bail

Drew Acierto

Published July 02, 2023 03:44 PM PHT

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