Erap Estrada accused of being the "brains" behind Sen. Chiz Escudero’s travails with girlfriend Heart Evangelista’s parents

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that in his interview for ANC’s Headstart, Sen. Chiz Escudero was asked about the rumors alleging that "the camp of former president Joseph Estrada is somehow behind the attacks against him by the parents of his girlfriend, actress Heart Evangelista." The report said that Escudero had answered, "In politics, all things are possible."

However, Escudero refused to comment on claims that Cecile Ongpauco, Evangelista’s mother, and former president Estrada are close.

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