Belo maintains innocence on sex video scandal

Celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop the criminal charge filed against her in connection with the sex video scandal of her former lover, Dr. Hayden Kho Jr. Belo said she could not be considered as an accessory to the crime since she had no knowledge that a crime had been committed when she witnesses the videos.

"I certainly did not know whether or not the women therein willingly gave their consent to have their private and intimate moments videotaped by Hayden… Upon viewing the videos, it was neither apparent nor did I entertain the suspicion, that Hayden was guilty of any crime," she said.

In her counter-affidavit, Belo said she learned of the existence of the videos from Kho’s friend, businessman Erik Chua, who she said gave her a DVD copy of the videos. She said she destroyed the videos “in a fit of anger."

She also clarified that what she merely asked of Chua was to delete the file containing the sex video that she and Kho made, which she said was done with her consent. She said she did not ask him to duplicate and distribute the videos as accused by Halili.