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Atty. Manases "Mans" Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, arrives at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, April 27, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Atty. Manases "Mans" Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, arrives at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Carpio filed criminal complaints against BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr., AMLC Executive Director Matthew Buenaventura, and members of the House Committee on Justice over alleged violations of banking privacy and data protection laws.  Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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VP Sara Duterte Impeachment

Jervis Manahan

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177866370863320260427-mans-carpio-bank-secrecy-case-MT8.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Atty. Manases &quot;Mans&quot; Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, arrives at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, April 27, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" width="960"/>Atty. Manases &quot;Mans&quot; Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, arrives at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, April 27, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- Lawyer Manases &quot;Mans&quot; R. Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit for damages totaling P7.3 million against several individuals who instigated an impeachment complaint against his wife.Included in the respondents were Fr. Joel Saballa, Ramil Lagunoy Madriaga, and several &quot;co-conspirators, confederators, cooperators and connivers.&quot;Carpio alleged that &quot;their perjurious lies have irreparably harmed his legal practice and personal reputation.&quot;<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/6/sara-duterte-says-involving-her-family-members-in-impeachment-unfair-1110">READ: Sara Duterte says involving her family members in impeachment ‘unfair’</a></div>They lodged the complaint before the Davao City Regional Trial Court on April 29, 2026.The lawsuit claims the &quot;defendants conspired to blacken, degrade, destroy and harm the political standing of the vice president, while indirectly defaming Carpio’s unsullied reputation.&quot;Madriaga&#x27;s lawyers said they are yet to receive a copy of the complaint, thus, unable to comment. ABS-CBN News has also reached out to Fr. Joel Saballa but he has yet to respond as of this writing.The filing comes after the impeachment complaint submitted to the House of Representatives on Feb. 9, 2026, which accused Vice President Duterte of violation of the Constitution, bribery, graft and corruption, commission of other high crimes, inciting to sedition and insurrection and betrayal of public trust.The plaintiff is seeking P1 million in actual damages for lost income in his law practice, P3 million in moral damages for &quot;serious anxiety&quot; and &quot;besmirched reputation&quot; and P3 million in exemplary damages to deter the &quot;malicious weaponization of the impeachment processes.&quot;He also requested P300,000 for attorney’s fees and litigation expenses.Carpio also questioned Mamamayang Liberal Party-List Representative Leila de Lima&#x27;s immediate endorsement of the complaint.He also said Madriaga bolstered the defendants&#x27; case by providing false testimony and affidavits.De Lima called Carpio&#x27;s filing &quot;plain harassment&quot; and &quot;another act of desperation,&quot; stressing that the allegations by complainants are serious and should be addressed.&quot;This is plain harassment against those who filed the impeachment complaint. I believe in their cause, and they are just exercising their constitutional duty as concerned citizens. Seryoso ang kanilang mga alegasyon, at naniniwala tayong dapat itong sagutin,&quot; De Lima said on Wednesday.For De Lima, they should appear at the impeachment trial if the accusations are indeed baseless.The Vice President has filed a separate perjury case against Madriaga.<div> </div><div>SEC, INSURANCE HEADS ADDED TO COMPLAINT</div>Also on Wednesday, Carpio added the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Insurance Commission as respondents in a criminal complaint over the alleged illegal disclosure of bank records.The addendum filed with the Quezon City Prosecutor&#x27;s Office on Wednesday named SEC Chairman Francis Edralin Lim and IC Commissioner Reynaldo Regalado as additional respondents.Carpio earlier filed the complaint against BSP Governor and Anti-Money Laundering Council Chairman Eli Remolona Jr., AMLC executive director Ronel Buenaventura, lawmakers Gerville Reyes-Luistro, Percival Cendana, Jose Manuel Diokno and de Lima.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/4/-wala-siyang-ganong-pera-mans-carpio-camp-says-amlc-report-fake-and-a-blatant-lie-1350">READ: Mans Carpio camp denies having P6B; cries foul over AMLC report</a></div>Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the council is composed of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor as chairman and the heads of the Insurance Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission as members.Carpio alleged the AMLC leaked private transactions including insurance payments, time deposits, investments and utility bills in violation of money laundering, bank secrecy and data privacy laws. He claimed the officials conspired to divulge confidential financial information during a House Committee on Justice hearing on April 22, 2024.Carpio said that as the law requires the AMLC to act unanimously, the council members are responsible for the public testimony of Buenaventura. He cited reply-letters from Lim and Regalado as evidence that the disclosure occurred with their prior knowledge.&quot;The AMLC maintains that its actions are undertaken strictly in accordance with the law and its institutional mandate,&quot; Lim said in a reply-letter dated May 4, according to the filing.Regalado also replied in correspondence that the council’s actions fell within the bounds of its legal authority. Carpio contended these responses prove the disclosure of his and his wife’s bank records was authorized by the full council.&quot;Based on the above replies of respondents Lim and Regalado, it is evident that respondent Buenaventura&#x27;s public disclosure of my bank records and informations, worse testimony in the HCOJ on April 22, 2026 was with the prior knowledge, approval and/or acquiesce of the respondents Lim and Regalado,&quot; Carpio said.The complainant maintains there is prima facie evidence to charge the respondents for the unauthorized revelation of AMLC reports.The addendum requests that the prosecutor issue subpoenas to the new respondents to file counter-affidavits.Akbayan party-list Representative Diokno said he is confident they did not violate any laws and stressed that they are ready to face the complaint. He plans to obtain a copy of the complaint at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Friday.&quot;Karapatan ni Atty. Mans Carpio na magsampa ng kaso at handa tayong harapin ang kanilang reklamo sa hukuman at kumpiyansa kami na wala kaming nilabag na batas. Ginawa lang namin ang aming tungkulin ayon sa Konstitusyon,&quot; Diokno said.Cendaña, meanwhile, said that the allegations &quot;are not worth the paper they’re printed on.&quot;&quot;Nonetheless, haharap kami sa Office of the Prosecutor di gaya ni VP Sara Duterte na hindi man lang humarap sa Committee on Justice,&quot; Cendaña added.Quezon City Office of the City Prosecutor Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Charisma Reyda Manauis scheduled preliminary investigation hearings for May 15 and May 29. -- with a report from Agatha Gregorio, ABS-CBN News

Lawyer Manases R. Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit for damages totaling P7.3 million against several individuals who instigated an impeachment complaint against his wife.

Lawyer Manases R. Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit for damages totaling P7.3 million against several individuals who instigated an impeachment complaint against his wife.

Mans Carpio sues Saballa, Madriaga, others for reputational lies and damages

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Mans Carpio sues Saballa, Madriaga, others for reputational lies and damages

Jervis Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 13, 2026 05:16 PM PHT

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Updated May 13, 2026 08:39 PM PHT

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