Claudine Barretto is said to be bent on filing a case against two bank employees, one of which is Raymart Santiago’s cousin, who allegedly kept her from withdrawing cash from their joint account. According to Journal’s Jan. 11 report, Barretto is set to file a case against Rio, Santiago’s first cousin who happens to be the branch’s “relation’s officer;” and against the female branch manager who purportedly refused to sign the manager’s check issued by Claudine that was needed to withdraw “P5 million.”
In a previous Bulletin Entertainment report, Barretto and her lawyer, Agnes Maranan, went to the bank to withdraw money October of last year. The amount was not divulged; however, it was reported that the money they were trying to get was no longer available some half an hour after they tried to withdraw it. Apparently, it was taken through “inter-bank withdrawal.”
The report added that Barretto, at first, did not intend to file a case against the two bank employees. However, what pushed her to take action was that, according to the actress, they are yet to apologize for the inconvenience they caused her.
“It’s his responsibility to keep and protect [the] client’s money at all times pero ’di dahil he wants to protect his cousin’s money dahil nakikinig siya sa tsismis,” said Barretto. The actress recalled that after making a manager’s check, ”tumanggi ang branch manager na pirmahan iyon hangga’t walang go signal ang tinawagan nitong si Rio.”
