MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Larry Gadon on Tuesday questioned the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) placing him on preventive suspension and ordering him to explain why he should not be disbarred. But the high court already said that it has suspended Gadon after he verbally assaulted last month journalist Raissa Robles, the Manila correspondent of the South China Morning Post. The SC motu proprio (on its own) treated the controversy as an administrative complaint for disbarment against Gadon. In 2019, the lawyer was suspended by the high court due to his “abusive and offensive” language. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: SC suspends lawyer Gadon for ‘abusive, offensive’ languageHe is also already facing a disbarment complaint for claiming that former President Benigno S. Aquino III died of HIV.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 04, 2022 14:22 UTC