Tim Yap negative drug test results released – ALV

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – ALV Talent Circuit has released a statement on Tim Yap’s drug test results, saying that they were negative.

ALV manages Tim, along with many other stars like Carla Abellana, Billy Crawford, Grace Lee, and Jay R.

In a message sent to Rappler on Thursday, September 29, ALV said that Tim Yap, a TV host and club owner, was tested two separate times for drugs, once on August 19 and again on September 26.

The random tests were taken at a medical lab licensed by the Department of Health (DDOH) and accredited with the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).

“Based on the negative results of these tests, we hope to finally put to rest all speculations and reaffirm Tim’s untarnished reputation and good moral standing,” said ALV.

“Moreover, he has reiterated his full support for the government’s intensive anti-drug campaign, and encourages his fellow celebrities to do the same.”

When news that the Philippine National Police (PNP) had a list of alleged celebrity drug users and pushers, there were speculations that he was on the list.

Tim has since spoken up about those rumors, denying that he supplies drugs to the people who go to his bars – Tim co-owns clubs like Valkyrie, Aracama, Prive and Gramercy – or the parties he hosts.

“Hindi po porke’t nandoon ako sa party scene, hindi porke’t nasa bars ako at sa events, eh ako po’y nagsu-supply. Hindi po totoo ito. For me, napakasakit, napaka-unfair. It’s something that na hindi ko inakalang ever ma-a-attach sa pangalan ko,” he said to dzBB, according to GMA News Online.

(Just because I’m in the party scene, just because I’m at bars and events, it doesn’t mean that I supply [drugs]. This is not true. For me, it’s so painful, so unfair. It’s something that I never thought would be attached to my name.)

“Hindi naman po dahil hindi ako pumunta sa isang party ay nagtatago na ako,” he said further, as some of the rumors sprouted after he didn’t attend producer Lily Monteverde’s birthday party.

(Just because I didn’t go to a party, it doesn’t mean that I’m in hiding.)

He told dzBB that he has been working with the PNP, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the Taguig local government even before the war on drugs made headlines, with police going undercover in his clubs.

ALV has also encouraged the other talents they manage to undergo voluntary drug testing. 

“For its part, ALV Talent Circuit will follow through with its directive to publicize the results of its other celebrities’ drug tests in the spirit of compliance and transparency,” they said. – Rappler.com