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Jamaine Punzalan

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<div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABRUaA-kn3ekupyg&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><p>MANILA — Actress Neri Naig is not yet off the hook in her estafa and securities violations case despite a court’s order to release her from detention, a lawyer said Thursday. </p><p>Roberto Labe, legal counsel of the complainants, said a Pasig court ordered Naig’s release after her lawyers argued that they had not received a copy of the complaint and were excluded from the preliminary investigation before she was arrested in late November. </p><p>“Ito po ay constitutional right ng bawat akusado, kung saan sila ay dapat nakapag-participate sa level ng piskalya. Ayon sa mga documents na isinumite ng piskalya sa korte, wala nga hong patunay na sila ay nakatanggap ng complaint affidavit na ini-file namin sa kanila,” Labe told TeleRadyo Serbisyo. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/4/court-orders-release-of-neri-naig-1100">Court orders release of Neri Naig</a></div><p>He said the court ordered a 60-day reinvestigation in which Naig could participate.   </p><p>“Hindi po siya sa back to square one kasi kung makita po ninyo ang order, ang ibinasura lang naman ng judge ay ang warrant of arrest. Pero ang pag-issue po niya ng information ay nananatili po. Binigyan lang po ng 60 days reinvestigation,” he added. </p><div><strong><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABRTHc2ro--w1Y3O&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></strong></div><p>Naig was accused of persuading individuals to invest in a skin care company that is not authorized to solicit investments from the public, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.</p><p>She was detained at the Pasay City Jail on November 27 and was brought to the hospital last Friday for a medical evaluation. </p><p>Naig&#x27;s camp has denied the allegations, saying she was a &quot;victim.&quot;</p><p>Her arraignment was set on January 9, 2025. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/30/neri-naig-will-be-legally-vindicated-says-lawyer-1750">Neri Naig &#x27;will be legally vindicated,&#x27; says lawyer</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/27/chito-miranda-defends-neri-naig-after-arrest-1910">&#x27;Mabait asawa ko&#x27;: Chito Miranda defends Neri Naig after arrest</a></div><p>Comedian Rufa Mae Quinto is fighting a securities violations case related to the same skin care company that Naig allegedly endorsed. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2024/12/2/rufa-mae-quinto-has-arrest-warrant-lawyer-says-2302">Rufa Mae Quinto has arrest warrant over Dermacare, lawyer says</a></div><p>The case against her was filed by a different set of complainants, Labe said. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/3/rufa-mae-quinto-says-she-is-a-victim-in-alleged-derma-clinic-scam-1548">Rufa Mae Quinto says she is ‘a victim’, will ‘seek justice’ in securities violation case</a></div>

<p>Actress Neri Naig is not yet off the hook in her estafa and securities violations case despite a court’s order to release her detention, a lawyer said Thursday.</p>

Actress Neri Naig is not yet off the hook in her estafa and securities violations case despite a court’s order to release her detention, a lawyer said Thursday.

Why did court order Neri Naig’s release? Are her legal woes over?

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Why did court order Neri Naig’s release? Are her legal woes over?

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 05, 2024 08:04 AM PHT

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Updated December 05, 2024 09:05 AM PHT

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