Lawyer Bruce Rivera said the cunning, manipulative, and “pathological liar” Janet Napoles portrayed in the media is not the woman he knows. He said Napoles spent weekends feeding the hungry, funded charities, prayed fervently, and was generous – but never boastful – to her friends. But defending the woman alleged to be the “queen” of the scam that siphoned development funds to her fake NGOs was not easy. Rivera said at a certain point, “They were asking me to tell a lie,” making him walk away from the case. But Napoles reached out to him again in November 2013, weeks after lawyer Lorna Kapunan left. Rivera said even before the Senate summoned her, Napoles was already thinking about telling the truth. “I’m not saying she’s a saint, but more people can be crucified,” said Rivera.
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