Abogado ni Dr. Vicki magsasampa na ng kaso sa NBI

I have never been starstruck, ito’y nang makaharap ko face-to-face si Atty. Adel Tamano bago siya isalang sa Startalk nitong Sabado. He was clad in a la Miami Vice outfit (beige-colored Americana and slightly faded maong jeans).

Nope, hindi siya inimbitahan ng programa para ianunsyo ang tiyak nang pagtakbo niya sa pagka-senador sa 2010 elections. Currently the president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), the 38-year-old dashing lawyer is representing his client, Dr. Vicki Belo, in the wake of the latter’s alleged involvement in the proliferation of the Katrina Halili-Dr. Hayden Kho videotape.

Paggigiit ni Papa Adel (Papa Adel daw, o!), Vicki is as much as a victim like Katrina. Hindi lalampas ang Miyerkules ngayong linggong ito at pormal na nilang isasampa sa NBI ang kaso sa mga umano’y perpetrators sa pagkalat ng naturang videotape o hard drive, the master copy of which has been replicated many times over and in wide circulation.

Tinitingnan din ng kampo ni Papa Adel ang tao o mga taong nasa likod umano ng tahasang pang-e-export mula sa kanyang kliyente ng halagang aabot sa apat na milyong piso, kapalit ng master copy. Pero pinagdudahan nila ang “extortionist,” paano raw sila nakakatiyak na hindi ito naipa­kopya?

For the record, this is Papa’s Adel’s first-time lawyering for Vicki, dahil aniya, naniniwala siya sa integridad ng kanyang kliyente na dapat ding mapangalagaan ang kanyang chain of companies (Belo Medical Group) given the tarnished image na idinulot ni Dr. Hayden.

Ayaw man daw panghimasukan ni Papa Adel ang personal na aspeto ng buhay ni Vicki, but if he had his way, he wanted his client to distance herself from her boyfriend dahil maaapektuhan ang negosyo nito.

Biniro nga ni Lolit Solis ang abogado, bakit hindi na lang daw sila ni Vicki ang magkatuluyan? ’Di hamak naman daw mas matino si Tamano kesa kay Kho… aray ko! Tama, ’no!

Hirit pa ni ’Nay Lolit, with Papa Adel’s drop-dead looks, “Ang suwerte-suwerte naman ng misis niya. Mukha siyang artista, ha?!”

Don’t worry, ’Nay Lolit and the rest of my felllow starstruck Papa Adel fans. May pa­nawagan na ngayon pa lang ang poging abogado na sana raw ay kunin siya para sa susunod na season ng Celebrity Duets, not that he’s following in the footsteps of Dr. Hayden.

“Well, I sing. In fact, I even applied with Backroom, Inc. (Boy Abunda’s management agency). But for some reason, I was rejected,” sey ni Papa Adel, who finished his pre-law and law at the Ateneo University.

It would interest the readers to know na ka-henerasyon ni Papa Adel ang mga Regal Babies who rose to stardom during the ’80s, isa na rito si Aga Muhlach.

Kung nagkataon, Papa Adel would have given the then ’80s stars a run for their money. Later that afternoon at the studio, nagpa-picture ako kay Papa Adel. The fan in me was born.