Ex-senator Tito Sotto denies that he received a copy of the script of Darryl Yap’s forthcoming movie, The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma, through an emissary so he (Sotto) could turn the script over to his younger brother, actor-producer-host Vic Sotto, who is mentioned in a teaser for the film as the rapist of the late skin-flick actor Paloma. 

In a previous media report, the former senator was alluded to by renowned lawyer Raymond Fortun as the one who received the script from Yap’s emissary who later assured the filmmaker that the younger Sotto received the script through the former senator. 

Fortun is the pro bono (no professional fee) legal counsel of Yap in the 19 counts of cyber libel filed by the younger Sotto against him due to Yap’s mentioning Sotto in a teaser for the movie as Paloma’s rapist. 

The former Senate President sent a text message to a media entertainment editor early this week denying that he received a copy of Yap’s script. Sotto went on to reveal that it was to entertainment mogul Vic del Rosario that Yap sent a copy of the script and it was from Del Rosario that he learned that Yap has a script about the alleged rape of Paloma by his younger brother. 

The ex-senator revealed that Yap sent Del Rosario a copy of the script to ask him to be its producer. Sotto said Del Rosario turned down Yap’s offer to Del Rosario to produce the film. 

Del Rosario heads Viva Communications, Inc. which owns the film company Viva Entertainment and the streaming platforms Viva One and VMX, formerly known as Vivamax).

Sotto said Del Rosario offered to send to him the script so the ex-senator could tell Vic about Yap’s proposed film project. The ex-senator declined the offer to be given a copy of the script. Thus, the former senator maintains that no Sotto has ever received and read the film’s script. 

Fortun has previously revealed in a television interview that Yap told him that he (Yap) sent text messages to Vic Sotto to ask him for his comments about the script, but Yap never received a reply so he started shooting the film in December last year.