Owners of Hayden sex video website sued
Authorities on Monday filed obscenity charges against two brothers for uploading the sex videos of celebrity doctor Hayden Kho in their website.
Joebert and Marvin Lazarte, owners of the porn site fleshasiadaily.com, were charged with violating Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code. The charges were filed before the Cavite Provincial Prosecutor's Office.
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation arrested the two last Friday at their home in Zapote 2, Bacoor, Cavite. Also confiscated during the raid were the Lazartes' hard drive and laptop.
The Lazartes earlier said they only uploaded the video showing Kho and actress Katrina Halili practicing a performance of the song "Careless Whisper" for a celebrity singing competition. They also claimed that their website, which has some 1.2 million viewers daily, is not pornographic but supposedly only a "hobby site."
Initial investigation by the NBI Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division showed that the Lazartes received the video via e-mail from a person identified as "dance commander."
Officials said the Lazartes must have known the source of the sex videos since they were the first to get a copy of the material before any other website.