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PBA: 'My girl is not racist' - Parks defends girlfriend Rivera

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/06/02/20190602-calvin-abueva.jpg"/><figcaption>Calvin Abueva (8) is defended by Ray Parks in their PBA Commissioner&#x27;s Cup game. <em>PBA Media Bureau</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA, Philippines -- Ray Parks came to the defense of his girlfriend, actress Maika Rivera, after she was accused of calling Calvin Abueva a &quot;monkey&quot; towards the end of the Phoenix-Blackwater game in the 2019 PBA Commissioner&#x27;s Cup last Friday.</p><p>The heated incident happened after Abueva had fouled out of the game, which Phoenix won, 103-98. Parks bared to reporters afterward that Abueva had made lewd gestures at Rivera and called her a &quot;b*tch,&quot; but Abueva defended himself by saying that he was provoked by Rivera and her companions.</p><p>Abueva later hinted in a series of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ByIY1x1jTet/">Instagram</a> posts that Rivera called him a &quot;monkey,&quot; which the Star Magic talent strongly denied in a statement posted on Twitter.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The truth. <a href="https://t.co/U5avSOMDjp">pic.twitter.com/U5avSOMDjp</a></p>— ❥Maika (@riveramaika97) <a href="https://twitter.com/riveramaika97/status/1134751475505090560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Speaking to reporters after Blackwater&#x27;s 98-92 triumph against Rain or Shine on Sunday, Parks again defended his girlfriend, saying, &quot;I know one thing for sure though, my girl is not racist.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/pba/news/2019/06/02/pba-elite-back-winning-track-outplaying-ros-57369">READ: Elite back on winning track after outplaying ROS</a></li></ul><p>&quot;She comes from a good family, and she&#x27;s dating me, same as Calvin, a Fil-Am also. So, it would be very discriminatory to me if she would have said that word, that quote-unquote, that was allegedly said,&quot; he said.</p><p>Abueva had issued an apology to Parks via an Instagram Live video after Friday&#x27;s incident, which the Blackwater rookie said he did not see.</p><p>&quot;But I appreciate it,&quot; he said.</p><p>However, Parks also said that the apology &quot;should be more directed towards Maika.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Like I said, before this, me and Calvin had no issues, we follow each other on Instagram, we say hello, we say what&#x27;s up. I felt like it&#x27;s just more of just trying to protect Maika. At the end of the day, she&#x27;s still a woman,&quot; he stressed.</p><p>Parks, who had 16 points in their win, said the incident had no impact on him or his team as they prepared for their game against Rain or Shine.</p><p>&quot;We gotta be professionals. We handle business, we did what we can today, and got the win,&quot; said Parks.</p><p>Phoenix has <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/01/19/pba-abueva-fined-p20k-after-indecent-behavior-aimed-at-ray-parks-jr-girlfriend">fined Abueva</a> P20,000 after investigating the incident.</p><p>Rivera, meanwhile, <a href="https://twitter.com/riveramaika97/status/1134751559948988416">said on Twitter</a> that she plans on filing a legal complaint to the PBA regarding the matter.</p><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>Ray Parks came to the defense of his girlfriend, actress Maika Rivera, after she was accused of calling Calvin Abueva a "monkey" towards the end of the Phoenix-Blackwater game in the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup last Friday.</p>

Ray Parks came to the defense of his girlfriend, actress Maika Rivera, after she was accused of calling Calvin Abueva a "monkey" towards the end of the Phoenix-Blackwater game in the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup last Friday.

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PBA: 'My girl is not racist' - Parks defends girlfriend Rivera

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 02, 2019 08:52 PM PHT

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