MANILA, Philippines — More than 20 sets of shoes from a popular brand name worth P256,882.50– for young basketball gamers and even their moms and dads– were spent for by Vice President Sara Duterte’s other half, legal representative Manases “Mans” Carpio, throughout a journey to Malaysia, a defense witness informed the Senate impeachment court on Thursday.
On the 43rd day of Duterte’s impeachment trial, defense witness Chadrin Parian affirmed that Carpio footed the bill after the Elite Philippines youth basketball group won a competition in Kuala Lumpur in June 2025.
The purchase was credited Carpio’s charge card at Nike Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur.
Throughout direct evaluation, defense counsel Justin Gular provided Parian to discuss the situations surrounding the P256,882.50 deal.
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Parian, a citizen of Las Piñas, stated he and Carpio took a trip to Malaysia for their kids’s basketball competition. He explained Carpio as a co-parent and supervisor of the group.
He stated the group commemorated the group’s success by exploring Kuala Lumpur, where the kids checked out a Nike shop, chose their shoes, and had Carpio spend for them.
The defense provided pictures taken by Parian revealing Carpio next to boxes of shoes, together with photos of the basketball group throughout their journey to Malaysia.
Parian likewise determined another picture revealing a number of individuals holding Nike shoe boxes, verifying that Carpio had actually paid for those purchases.
Prosecution attorney Reynaldo Robles specified that Carpio and the basketball group had actually undoubtedly taken a trip to Malaysia.
Asked by Robles whether the purchase followed the constitutional requirement for public authorities and their households to observe an easy way of life, Parian stated he might not promote Carpio or discuss his thinking.
He preserved, nevertheless, that the kids should have the shoes.
Throughout redirect evaluation, Gular asked why shoes were likewise bought for the professional athletes’ moms and dads and guardians.
Parian discussed that some moms and dads might not pay for to purchase shoes or carry the expenditures of taking a trip abroad to support their kids.
He included that moms and dads took turns sponsoring the group’s requirements due to the fact that not all households had the monetary ways to cover the expenditures.
“Perhaps he was pleased with how things turned out—the kids won the tournament. The kids won… They took turns covering the kids’ expenses,” Parian stated.
Parian likewise firmly insisted that he was informing the reality and would not lie to secure Carpio.
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