Businessman Cedric Lee explained on Friday the CCTV video which caught him kissing Deniece Cornejo inside the elevator hours after his group mauled Vhong Navarro in Forbeswood Heights condominium in Taguig.
In a statement Cedric Lee gave to the media on Friday after the preliminary investigation at the DOJ on the cases filed by by Vhong Navarro, (which was attended by both Lee and Cornejo together with Bernice Lee and bodybuilder Zimmer Raz), Cedric claimed that he just kissed Deniece in jest, saying that she was "delicious enough to be raped." (Check out the video here)
"Wala talaga, kaibigan ko lang iyun... parang nakipag-harutan lang ako sa kanya. Parang binibiro ko siya na 'ang sarap mo kasing rape-in eh.'"
In a previous interview, Cedric Lee admitted that he kissed Deniece in the cheeks just to comfort her. He added that it was normal for them to kiss like that since they're friends and what happened that night was just 'harutan' or playful kiss between him and Cornejo.
Cedric Lee also insisted that he has no romantic relationship with Deniece, saying that a girl like Deniece who has a somewhat chubby body was not his type.
In another interview, Deniece Cornejo said that the kiss was nothing but an innocent gesture and it's just a manner of thanking Cedric Lee and other friends who helped her clean up the condo unit where the mauling incident happened.
Lee on Friday, also expressed his ill feelings towards ABS-CBN Channel 2 which according to him did things to make him bad in the eyes of the public (watch the video here).
Although the cases filed by Vhong Navarro against Lee et al. were already submitted for resolution, a hearing at the DOJ will still be done on February 28 since other persons involved like Jed Fernandez, JP Calma and other John Does are yet to give their counter affidavits.
