Billy Crawford formally charged with malicious mischief

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Billy Crawford formally charged with malicious mischief
Billy and Coleen will also be taking a temporary leave from 'It's Showtime'

MANILA, Philippines – Singer and It’s Showtime host Billy Crawford has formally been charged with malicious mischief and disobedience to a person in authority. 

According to a report from Pep, Billy went to the Taguig Prosecutor’s Office for inquest Monday morning, September 8, with his lawyer. 

Jose Aspiras, Billy’s lawyer clarified that the singer did not hit anyone, contrary to the previous reports that came out.

“As far as I know, wala namang sinapak (he didn’t hit anyone),” he said.

In the same report, Pep quoted GMA-7 ’s Unang Balita, wherein details from the police blotter were of PCP-7 were released.

According to the police blotter, for no apparent reason, Billy volunteered to be detained. The desk officer in charge then said that there was no detention cell, and later on, the singer just hit the sliding door of the precinct.

Billy’s management told Rappler via text that he has been released from the Taguig  PCP-7 after posting bail. The schedule for legal proceedings will be announced at a later time. 

Meanwhile, in an interview with ABS-CBN, Arnold Vegafria, Billy manager said that the host was stressed out due to his schedule. 

“During that time na uminom sila, wala siyang tulog, walang kain. So iba ang epekto ng champagne na ininom nya,” Arnold said.

(During the time he was drinking, he had no sleep, he was not eating. So the champagne that he drank had a different effect on him.)

In the same report, Kim Atienza, Billy’s co-host on It’s Showtime, said that Billy and his girlfriend Coleen Garcia will take a temporary leave from the program.

On Sunday, Billy was detained at the police, after reports that he went wild at the police station. He has since apologized, saying the incident was his fault

“It was my fault pero wala akong nasaktan, wala akong tinulak, wala akong tinamaan kundi ‘yung salamin,” Billy said.

(It was my fault, but no body was hurt, I did not push anyone, i did not hit anyone except for a glass.)

Billy admitted to had a few drinks said that when he’s angry, he does not hide it. 

The incident happened just hours after he attended the 8th Star Magic Ball with Coleen at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel on Saturday, September 6. (READ: IN PHOTOS: Star Magic Ball 2014 couples, loveteams, tandems) – Rappler.com

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