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Richard Gutierrez faces raps for driver's death

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<p>MANILA, Philippines -- Actor Richard Gutierrez is again facing criminal charges over the death of his driver Nomar Pardo in a car accident in 2009.</p><table cellSpacing="3" cellPadding="3" align="left" style="margin-right:10px"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><img width="358" height="218" align="middle" src="/sites/default/files/imagecache/abscbn2010-topofthehour/images/people/celebrity/richard_gutierrez_abs.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#cccccc">Richard Gutierrez. <em>File photo</em></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In an eight-page decision released on Tuesday, the Court of Appeals has ordered the filing of criminal charges against Gutierrez, after it granted the petition of Pardo&#x27;s widow Lorayne to reverse the Department of Justice&#x27;s (DOJ) resolution on the case in 2010.</p><p>Gutierrez now faces a criminal case of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, the same charge filed by Lorayne in 2009 against the actor, which was then junked by the DOJ the following year.</p><p>Lorayne filed the criminal case against Gutierrez in July 2009, two months after her husband died in a car accident in Silang, Cavite in May that year.</p><p>At the time, Gutierrez was driving the Nissan GT-R Sedan, with Pardo as a passenger. The wrecked car was found in ravine about 35 meters away from an electric post which it had hit after running at a high speed. Gutierrez, at the time, attributed the accident to the road&#x27;s slippery condition.</p><p>Gutierrez, who was also injured from the accident, was cleared of Lorayne&#x27;s charge of abandonment of victim. The CA cited the actor&#x27;s having sustained injuries from the road mishap as reason for dropping the case.</p><p>As of writing, Gutierrez nor his manager and mother Annabelle Rama have commented on the ruling of the appellate court.</p><div> </div>

<p>MANILA, Philippines -- Actor Richard Gutierrez is again facing criminal  charges over the death of his driver Nomar Pardo in a car accident in  2009.</p>

MANILA, Philippines -- Actor Richard Gutierrez is again facing criminal  charges over the death of his driver Nomar Pardo in a car accident in  2009.