batch sa akin at mabuti ang pamilya niyan)... BUT WOULD YOU??? (September 23 at 1:50am)23 Argee Guevarra advocates a national patients' boycott of the Belo Medical Group. To all my friends and comrades, please stay away from Belo's clinics. I have 2 cousins and 3 friends already who have canceled their lipo from belo. Please help me shut down the Belo Medical Group until they perform their moral and legal obligation to Ms. Josie Norcio... (July 17 at 2:12pm)24 Moreover, respondent, through his Facebook account, posted remarks that allegedly threatened complainant with criminal conviction, without factual basis and without proof, 25 as follows: Argee Guevarra Mr. Jay, by next year- GMA will no longer be president and she will be jailed for plunder; Vicky Belo will no longer be a doctor and she will be in the middle of a criminal prosecution. The General Surgeon of France will have a Philippine version. By October and November, some congressmen I have spoken with will be issuing summons to Vicky Belo for a congressional inquiry; the subject - legislation regulating the practice of cosmetic surgery! (September 22 at 11:31pm)26 ch an rob leslaw ch an Rob lesvirt u alLawlib rary Argee Guevarra Celso de1os Angeles can still get medical attention in prison - from Vicky Belo after she gets convicted too for criminal negligence and estafa (July 15 at 10:05am)27 Argee Guevarra is preparing himself for a campaign against the Belo Medical Group for its criminal negligence which nearly killed Ms. Josie Norcio over a botched butt augmentation procedure. He found out that the Dr. Belo herself marketed the product to Ms. Norcio, the operation was carried out by her doctors who were not licensed by the Philippine Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.............. (July 9 at 8:54pm) 28 Complainant likewise averred that some of respondent's Facebook posts were sexist, vulgar, and disrespectful of women,29 to wit: Argee Guevarra but can u help me too with maricar reyes? who's the hottest cebuana chic chick there nowadays? haven't been there for quite some time... pa-chicks ka naman!!! I'm sure marami kang 25and-below naprends diyan (August 10 at 8:36pm)30 ch an rob leslaw ch an Rob lesvirt u alLawlib rary Argee Guevarra hay joseph!!! how's the gayest lawyer in cebu? our forces will soon picket the belo clinic there, can u tell me where that is? halato ko na sayo si hayden, promise!" (August 10 at 12:23am)31 Argee Guevarra joseph, i can't say i love u too - baka belo's team will use all sorts of attacks na against me. to thwart them, being the gayest gay in the philippines, can u issue a certification that i am so not like your type? at yung preferred ko lang aythin, thalino and thisay? (September 23 at 12:01am)32 Finally, complainant averred that the attacks against her were made with the object to extort money from her, as apparent from the following reply made by respondent on a comment on his Facebook post:33 Kellyn Conde Sy utang mo! Pay up time:) (July 11 at 2:37am) ch an rob leslaw ch an rob lesvirt u allawlib rary Argee Guevarra kellyn, sisingilin ko muna si belo... at saka sabi mo naman, maibagsak ko lang ang kaplastikan ni belo, quits na tayo ...(July 11 at 2:38am)34 Asserting that the said posts, written in vulgar and obscene language, were designed to inspire public hatred, destroy her reputation, and to close BMGI and all its clinics, as well as to extort the amount of P200 Million from her as evident from his demand letter 35 dated August 26, 2009, complainant lodged the instant complaint for disbarment against respondent before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), docketed as CBD Case No. 09-2551. ch an rob leslaw In defense,36 respondent claimed that the complaint was filed in violation of his constitutionallyguaranteed right to privacy,37 asserting that the posts quoted by complainant were private remarks on his private account on Facebook, meant to be shared only with his circle of friends of which complainant was not a part.38 He also averred that he wrote the posts in the exercise of his freedom of speech, and contended that the complaint was filed to derail the criminal cases that his client, Norcio, had filed against complainant.39 He denied that the remarks were vulgar and obscene, and that he made them in order to inspire public hatred against complainant.40 He likewise denied that he attempted to extort money from her, explaining that he sent the demand letter as a requirement prior to the filing of the criminal case for estafa, as well as the civil case for damages against her. 41 Finally, respondent pointed out that complainant was a public figure who is, therefore, the subject of fair comment.42 After the mandatory conference had been terminated,43 the parties were directed to file their respective position papers.44 Thereafter, the IBP, through the Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD), set the case for clarificatory hearing.45 Upon termination thereof, the case was deemed submitted for report/recommendation.46 IBP's Report and Recommendation