Man arrested for blackmailing teen girl with sex video
A 39-year-old man in Quezon Province was arrested for allegedly blackmailing a 16-year-old girl by threatening to expose a video of him appearing to rape her, the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) said on Friday.
The suspect—identified as “Noli,” who serves as a helper in his family’s thrift shop in Tayabas City—was arrested on Wednesday night in an entrapment operation, ACG Director Brig. Gen. Wilson Asueta said in an interview in Camp Crame.
According to Asueta, the suspect and the victim, a resident of Sariaya town, became acquainted last September through social media.
On Sept. 15, the suspect asked her to meet him at his apartment, also in that town, promising to give her P200 and “other gifts.”
“When she entered his apartment, she was threatened and taken advantage of. The young [girl] didn’t know she was being recorded on video,” Asueta said.
“The suspect told her he had a gun,” the police official said, but later noted that the police found no gun from Noli.
The victim did not immediately report the incident, according to Asueta.
When asked how P200 and “other gifts” were enough to lure the victim, he said,
“You know kids these days, even a small [sum], as long as they could use [that money]. There may also be some small items that the girl wanted to buy with P200, so she became encouraged.”
Asueta said the suspect resurfaced on Tuesday when he sent the video of the victim to one of her friends.
“He was forcing the victim to return to his home and have sex (makipagtalik) with him, or else he would spread her video,” the police official said.
