She won the VAWC case after a 13-year fight.
I want my grandfather’s side of the family to experience public shame because most of them are cheater enablers.
My grandmother won her VAWC case after fighting for 13 long years, and my grandfather was jailed for one week before he posted bail after selling some portions of his land. Before that, my grandfather’s family harassed my grandmother and forced her to sign papers stating that she was withdrawing the case against him. They threatened that if she refused to sign, she would be forced to leave the house that she and my grandfather built together, even though it is considered conjugal property since they are legally married.
Out of fear, my grandmother agreed. When I asked her why, she said that even the barangay captain was involved and that they were pressuring her to leave their home. My grandfather has had a mistress for 15 years, and they even have children together. We also learned that my grandfather allegedly married his mistress, which became another reason for us to consider filing a bigamy case.
What hurts the most is how my grandfather’s side of the family continues to tolerate the cheating and mistreat my grandmother. She is only fighting for the house and land because she wants to secure something for her children and grandchildren because the mistress was interested in my grandparents’ house and land. One of my grandfather’s siblings even promised that they would take care of us grandchildren and never abandon us, yet they still deceived my grandmother.
Because of this, my grandmother tried to make sure everything was properly documented through written agreements. However, whenever she prepared agreements for them to sign, the signatures would come from different people instead of the actual person named in the document. The same thing happened with agreements regarding the land, different individuals were signing on behalf of others.
My grandmother is afraid of them because they are influential, wealthy, and have family members who are lawyers, which gives them the confidence to harass her. I know I sound desperate, but I want people to know what they are doing because they seem to feel untouchable due to their money and status. I want them to feel ashamed of their actions whenever they go outside. Is there possible way to expose or post them publicly but i won't getting sued?
What makes this even more painful is that my grandmother already suffered two mild strokes, yet they never once showed compassion or consideration for her condition.