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Tony Meloto faces qualified sex trafficking indictment, denies allegations
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Share Post Viber icon Viber EmailTony Meloto, award-winning social entrepreneur and founder of Gawad Kalinga, has denied allegations in an ABS-CBN interview following his DOJ indictment.
(Photo from The World Economic Forum)DOJ cites abuse of authority in alleged incidents involving GK scholars.
Meloto rejects the claims in ABS-CBN interview, calling them “like a soap opera.”MANILA — The Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service (NPS) has indicted Gawad Kalinga founder Antonio “Tony” Meloto on two counts of qualified sex trafficking, based on allegations from two former program scholars who said they suffered abuse in 2017.
He also emphasized his personal integrity in the same interview:“I have never been unfaithful to my wife of 36 years.
Reports confirm that Meloto left GK in 2017 after the board conducted an internal review.
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