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Wife denies affair with ex-model, warns Comelec's Bautista

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6wVaP6yvxoI" width="560"></iframe></figure>MANILA - The wife of Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista denied Tuesday that she had an illicit affair with an ex-model, as claimed by the poll chief.Bautista&#x27;s estranged spouse, Patricia, said she has no romantic ties with the alleged &quot;third party,&quot; former commercial model Alvin Lim.&quot;We&#x27;re friends. We&#x27;re very good friends. We work together so if you see pictures of us together, it&#x27;s normal,&quot; told ANC.&quot;We are very close. We&#x27;re both energy healers, people can interpret that the way they want.&quot;Patricia has claimed she discovered bank and real property documents, and several passbooks under her husband&#x27;s name that were not included in his 2016 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth.Bautista, she alleged, &quot;might have had, or currently has, misdealing and corrupt practices while in government service.&quot;The poll chief denied the allegation and accused his estranged wife instead of attempting to extort money from him and having an affair.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/07/17/comelec-chief-denies-corruption-claims-accuses-wife-of-extortion">Comelec chief denies corruption claims, accuses wife of extortion</a></li></ul> Several media reports on Monday identified Lim as Patricia&#x27;s alleged lover.The <a href="http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/08/08/1726519/psychic-bond-draws-wife-marriage-third-party">Philippine Star</a> reported that Bautista and Lim were for many years good friends with Lim and his then partner, renowned restaurateur Margarita &quot;Gaita&quot; Fores.Patricia, who had long claimed to have a &quot;third eye&quot; that could see angels and read people&#x27;s aura, convinced Lim that he also had the gift. They later launched a business to help people with their psychic abilities, but their venture allegedly blossomed into romance, the report said.In her ANC interview, Patricia said her alleged affair was only a &quot;rumor&quot; started by Fores and &quot;just a distraction&quot; from the issue of Bautista&#x27;s supposedly concealed wealth.She added that she can defend herself from accusations of infidelity but her husband of 17 years cannot say the same.&quot;At the end of the day, if he wants to talk about infidelity, I would be very careful if I were him because I can defend whatever he throws at me. I don&#x27;t know if he can do the same,&quot; she said.Atty. Lorna Kapunan, legal adviser to Mrs. Bautista, earlier said her client has a &quot;third eye&quot; and belongs to a society of the similarly gifted.&quot;Patricia is a very gifted person. Meron siyang tinatawag na third eye. She belongs to a society of similarly gifted,&quot; she told ABS-CBN News.

"At the end of the day, if he wants to talk about infidelity, I would be very careful if I were him because I can defend whatever he throws at me. I don't know if he can do the same," Patricia Bautista, wife of poll chief Andres Bautista, said Tuesday.

"At the end of the day, if he wants to talk about infidelity, I would be very careful if I were him because I can defend whatever he throws at me. I don't know if he can do the same," Patricia Bautista, wife of poll chief Andres Bautista, said Tuesday.