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Sarah Lahbati counter-sues GMA exec

Sarah Lahbati (NPPA Images)

(UPDATE 2) It seems the legal battle between GMA Films President Annette Gozon-Abrogar and Sarah Lahbati is not over yet.

A few days after her return from a self-exile in Switzerland, embattled TV star Sarah Lahbati counter-sued Abrogar and four others with grave coercion before Quezon City Regional Trial Court, early Monday morning (July 15).

Also read: Sarah Lahbati is back

Sarah’s latest legal action was in response to the libel case the GMA exec filed after the actress alleged that Abrogar asked her to enter questionable talent management deals last January.

The 19-year-old has posted bail for the libel case hours after she arrived last Friday (July 12).

More: Sarah Lahbati 'wanted'

"I'm back just to fix things. Bumalik ako para ayusin ang mga dapat ayusin at katulad nga po ng sabi ni attorney (her legal counsel Atty. Maggie Abraham), eh maayos na, wala nang libel case. Sana matapos na to nang maayos, and I'm happy na the first step is done," Lahbati told ABS-CBN News.


Meanwhile, Abrogar's statement to Yahoo! Philippines OMG! on Sarah's latest legal action reads: "I haven't received anything from her lawyers but if it's true, then I welcome it since she's now fighting in the proper venue. Now the public will know what the truth is."

Her mother network GMA-7 also slapped the actress with a breach of contract earlier this year for “refusing to comply with the terms of her contract with GMA-7 and its programs.”

Pregnant rumors still not addressed

While she has been busy cleaning up her legal mess, Sarah has yet to answer another issue she and boyfriend Richard Gutierrez have been facing.

Undying rumors link Sarah’s six-month stay in Geneva as her way of hiding her pregnancy.