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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of the City Prosecutor
Cotabato City, BARMM

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,


Complainant,

-vs- I.S No. 010901


For: Bigamy (Art. 349,
Revised Penal Code)

STEPHEN CURRY,
Respondent,
X - - - - - X

COMPLAINT-AFFIDAVIT

I, Maria Terizla – Curry, of legal age, married and a


resident of Brgy. Rosary Heights XI, Cotabato City, BARMM
after being sworn in accordance with law depose and say
that:

1. That the respondent Victor Guevarra and I met sometime


in January 2012 while being schoolmates at Notre Dame
University In Cotabato City and became sweethearts after
a short courtship;

2. As we were both too much in love, we hastily got married


on November 25, 2012 in a civil wedding ceremony
solemnized by the Mayor of the City of Cotabato. Copy of
the Certificate of Marriage dated May 25, 2013 issued by
the NSO is hereto attached as Annex ‘A”;

3. After our wedding, we lived together as husband and wife


in our conjugal dwelling in Rosary Heights XI, Cotabato
City;

4. Several months into our marriage, respondent began to


exhibit his irresponsibility and no caring attitude. He
would leave the house and would come back only after
several days. Such behavior on the part of respondent
resulted in our quarrels and verbal altercations;

5. Sometime in June 2013, we had a violent quarrel


brought about by his rude behavior and his expression of
animosity toward my parents. He did not approve of their
frequent visits in our house;

6. After our quarrel, he left our conjugal dwelling and this


was the last time I ever saw him. Since then, I had not
seen, communicated nor heard anything from him or
about his whereabouts. So I returned to my parents'
abode at Midsayap, North Cotabato and stayed there for
about two months;

7. To cope with the sudden turn of events in my life, I went


abroad to Washington D.C., U.S.A., on September 06,
2013 to unwind and for employment purposes as well,
and came home after almost two years.

8. Sometime in August 2015, a relative who works in the


City of Cotabato informed me that my husband,
respondent Stephen Curry has gotten married to another
woman, a certain Elena, in a religious ceremony
solemnized by Fr. Shaquille O’Neal at the Cathedral
Church in the City of Cotabato, on February 14, 2015. A
copy of their Certificate of Marriage is hereto attached as
Annex “B”;

9. My marriage with respondent Stephen Curry is still


subsisting and has not been annulled or dissolved. His
act of contracting a second marriage to Elena despite the
subsistence of our marriage constitutes the crime of
bigamy punishable under Article 349 of the Revised
Penal Code.

I executed the foregoing Complaint-Affidavit to


attest to the truth of the facts stated and for the purpose
of charging respondent, whose last known address is at
Brgy. Rosary Heights IX, Cotabato City, BARMM, with the
crime of bigamy.
MARIA TERIZLA - CURRY
Affiant/Complainant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 12th day of


September 2015 at Cotabato City, BARMM.

I hereby certify that I have personally examined the


affiant and that I am convinced that she voluntarily executed
the foregoing affidavit and that she understood the contents
thereof.

ATTY. KOBE B. BRYANT


City Prosecutor

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