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CHARLIE DAVAO GETS 12 YEARS OVER SALE OF BROD'S CARS
Pasig City, March 28, 1998 - Veteran character actor Charlie Davao was
meted a maximum of 12 years in prison for forging his late brother's
signature to possess three vehicles 10 years ago.
Davao was sued by singer Carmen Soriano, widow of Dr. Robert Dabao,
brother of Charlie. Soriano alleged that Charlie fraudulently assumed
ownership of the three husbands bought by her husband before and after
their wedding.
The vehicles: a Mercedes Benz, a Toyota bus and an Isuzu pick-up, were
entrusted to Robert and Charlie's mother for safekeeping in the
Philippines while Carmen and Dr. Dabao lived in Los Angeles.
Shortly after her husband died in 1988, Soriano came back to the
Philippines and learned that the vehicles were already registered
under Charlie's name, through 3 absolute deeds of sale allegedly
executed by Dr. Dabao before his death. The widow was able to prove
that her husband's signature on the
document had been falsified.