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GMA Network files a Libel Case against Eugenio Lopez and ABS-CBN Employees and was officially charge by Quezon City Court. On July 27, 2004 GMA7 sued ABS-CBN for airing reports accusing GMA7 of “stealing” and “pirating” exclusive footage taken of the arrival of overseas Filipino worker Angelo dela Cruz after he was released by Iraqi militants in 2004. According to the report from Rappler on February 18, 2013, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QC RTC) issued a warrant of arrest against ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III and 12 other former and current executives and employees of the network over libel charges filed by rival network GMA-7.

ABS-CBN releases statement for Warrant of Arrest Issued to ABS-CBN Chairman Gabby Lopez for Libel Case filed by GMA Network. The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, on Monday, February 18, has issued a warrantof arrest against ABS-CBN Chairman Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III, ABS-CBN news journalists Lynda Jumilla, Maria Progena Estonillo Reyes, Annie Eugenio, Dondi Garcia, Jose Ramon Olives, Jesus Maderazo, and former ABS-CBN employees Erwin Tulfo, Beth Frondoso, Luis Alejandro, Jose Magsaysay Jr., Alfonso Marquez, and Luchi Cruz-Valdes who is now TV5's News Chief. Read ABS-CBN's official statement regarding this case as released by the station's Head of ABS-CBN Integrated Corporate Communications, Bong R. Osorio: The respondents to the libel case have voluntarily surrendered to the court and posted bail in accordance with law. They nevertheless firmly maintain that the libel charge has no basis in fact and law. In truth, it was the complainant who used ABS-CBN footage without its