People v.

STEPHANIE MCMAHON 1
For: Violation of BP 22

Republic of the Philippines

First Judicial Region
Municipal Trial Court Br. 4
Baguio City

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Plaintiff,

For: Violation
of B.P. 22
(Bouncing
Checks Law)

Versus

STEPHANIE MCMAHON,
Accused.
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COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT

I, STEPHANIE MCMAHON, of legal age, single,

Filipino citizen and a resident of Giling, Rosales city,
Pangasinan after having duly sworn to in accordance with
law hereby depose and state that:
:

(1) I am the respondent in the aboveentitled case. I vehemently deny the

accusations hurled against me, the same being

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a product of fabrication by the complainant

which the latter designed to accuse and
implicate me to an offense which I did not and
will never commit;

(2) That the circumstances that led to the

filing of this case are as follows:

In 2014, I met ROMAN REIGNS (ROMAN, for brevity)

through the internet, at the social media of Facebook.
He sent me messages and he was very friendly.

We enjoyed chatting and sending messages with

each other, and I was entertained by his
approachability. He said that he owns a cellphone shop
and he sometimes supplies to cellphone shops
throughout Baguio city, and that he wants me to be his
friend.

A few months thereafter, we met, together. He was very

energetic in person, and sort of Palakaibigan, so he
was able to get my confidence;

ROMAN, all throughout the time, told me that he

wanted to branch out and be a supplier also to
Pangasinan of cellular phones, and that since I supply
cellular phones to Rosales city, Pangasinan I then
approached him to give me cellular phones to supply
cellular phone shops in Rosales city, Pangasinan;

Sometime in July, 2014, I approached ROMAN in his

house at Happy Homes, Magsaysay avenue, Baguio City. I
humbly asked that he give me 1 crate containing
different kinds of brand new cellular phones, since the
cellular phone shops needed it. He then gave me a
crate containing brand new cellular phones.

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I was then able to pay him for the cellular phones.

However, again, from December 2014 to June, 2015,
I needed more cellular phones so asked him to supply
again. He then agreed and so we entered into a
contract of sale attached herein as annex A. He seemed
so very trustworthy, financially trustworthy too, but I
committed a grave mistake.
`As payment, I issued several post-dated checks,
with the following details, viz:

METROBANK of BAGUIO CITY, is the drawee

bank.
1
2
3

Account No.

Account Name

007-13551118-4
007-13551118-4
007-13551118-4

Stephanie Mcmahon
Stephanie Mcmahon
Stephanie Mcmahon

Check
No.
310638
5
310638
2
310638
4

Date
Jul. 9,
2015
Jul 11,
2015
Jul. 13,
2015

Amount
(Pesos)
300,000.
00
300,000.
00
100,000.
00

At the time that I issued the said checks, I assured

ROMAN that said checks are good checks and would be
covered by sufficient funds when presented for payment;
A copy of the subject checks are hereto attached as
Annexes1 B, C and D of this Counter-Affidavit.
On the dates of the checks maturity, ROMAN
presented these to the bank for payment the following
checks, to wit:
METROBANK of Baguio City, is the drawee bank.
Account No.

111B-1
BA

Account Name

Check No.

Date

11Check
No. 3106385 (Metrobank, as the drawee bank)
Check No. 3106384
3106382 (Metrobank, as the drawee bank)

Amount

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1
2
3

007-135-51118-4
007-135-51118-4
007-135-51118-4

(Pesos)
3106385
Jul. 9, 2015
53,500
Stephanie Mcmahon
3106382
Jul. 11, 2015
21,400
Stephanie Mcmahon
3106384
Jul. 13, 2015
10,500
Sum: SEVEN HUNDREN THOUSAND PESOS (P700,000.00)
Stephanie Mcmahon

But I already said to him that he should not present the check
since it will be insufficient to cover the 2 crates I ordered since
I will carry the cash in hand to pay him as evidenced by this
acknowledgement receipt herein attached as Annex E.

Furthermore, I demanded ROMAN to replace some of

the cellular phones since it was not brand new, some
were only sealed in the boxes but when it was inspected,
it is undeniably not brand new, so when he demanded
payment, I asked him to replace some cellular phone
which he did not heed therefore I did not pay him. I
trusted him, to honor the contract but he destroyed my
trust for defrauding me and supplying not brand new
phones, but used phones.
There was also a mediation in a Lupon, but it was in
vain, hence, a certificate to file action was issued to me.
After the case is filed against me, ROMAN kept his
distance from me. I tried to contact him, to replace the
cellular phones and I will pay him, but he always ignor my
calls and every time I go to his house, he does not answer
my knock and shouts.

The summary of annexes are hereto tabulated, as follows:

Annex

Description

Deed of Sale

Check No. 3106385 (Metrobank, as the drawee bank)

Check No. 3106382 (Metrobank, as the drawee bank)

Check No. 3106384 (Metrobank, as the drawee bank)

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Acknowledgement Receipt

Certificate to File Action

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most

respectfully prayed of the Honorable Municipal Trial Court
in the City that after trial on the merits, Honorable
Municipal Trial Court in the City of Baguio will Acquit
STEPHANIE MCMAHON for the crime of three (3) counts
of violation of B.P. 22.
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th

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand this

day of July, 2015 in Baguio City, Philippines.
STEPHANIE MCMAHON
Defendant
ID 59495860

Republic of the Philippines

Province of Benguet
City of Baguio
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, this 27th day of July,

2015 in Baguio City, Philippines.

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For: Violation of BP 22
This is also to certify that I have personally examined herein affiant
and that I am satisfied that she voluntarily executed and understood her
statements herein.
Doc. No. 34;
Page No. 22;
Book No. 12
Series of 2015
Pangasinan

Atty. Mary Rose Paus

Notary Public for and in Rosales city,
Commission expires on 31 December

2016
Roll of Attorneys No. 55661
IBP Lifetime Member No. 4590754
PTR O.R. No. 6978354. Feb. 7, 2015