(This article is in our opinion only and based on facts that we have compiled. Any allegations and opinions put forward have not been proven in any court of law.)

Roque Juatco Jr. back with more of his ILLOGICAL “LOL” comments… oh and Joey Albert is back again, too

Rey Fortaleza posted his headline news in Reyfort Media Group’s Philippine Showbiz Today featuring “Amado Lugtu Threatens Rey Fortaleza”. Rey Fortaleza allowed certain inappropriate things on his Facebook wall until Steve Marshall commented. Eventually, Rey and his wife Araceli blocked Steve from commenting further. (Click Here for more information about that issue here.)

 

Roque Juatco Jr. is the first to comment with “…..Looks like the scambusters are getting busted lol”

Roque Juatco Jr. was under the impression that Amado Lugtu is one of the so called “SCAMBUSTERS”. Unfortunately for Roque Jr. and his family, he is mistaken. Steve Marshall had to remind him that the SCAMBUSTERS was a title given by Lugtu (the publisher) to describe the alleged victims that Lugtu wrote about in his newspaper from the www.nellievandt.com site. The SCAMBUSTERS are actually the people that came forward in part as alleged victims with their stories about Roque Juatco Jr.’s own family including himself, his wife Janice Lozano and his parents Erlinda and Roque Juatco Sr. for what they have been alleged to do in the past. Below was Steve Marshall’s response back.

Roque Jr. then started to get a little testy reverting to his usual juvenile name calling, threatening tactics and swearing on his next response. He goes on to say that just because him and his family choose not to reply to Steve and the Juatco family’s alleged victims, it doesn’t mean that he and his Juatco family are guilty. Roque says “… it just means we have better things to do with our time.” Roque Jr. then says to those who have a problem with him and his family to “take us to court.” He says that the victims don’t so they should “… shut the fuck up …”

It is to our knowledge that there are numerous police reports and court cases against some members of the Juatco family. Just recently, British Columbia’s leading newspaper, the Province, featured an article on October 29, 2013 that highlights some of the Juatco family’s alleged victims. According to the newspaper, in the Mananquil case, Justice Bryan Ralph in his decision ordered the Juatcos to pay $15,000 back to her. And according to Mananquil, it still has never been paid.

Roque’s next response was that Steve and others do not dictate his family’s reputation. Our question to him is: then why don’t you Roque? Oh yeah, we almost forgot, Roque said that him and his family have better things to do with their time than to respond to his and his family’s alleged victims.

Steve Marshall challenged Roque Juatco Jr. and his family to sit face to face to discuss all of his family’s many issues of alleged scams and bullying in a public forum to set the record straight in a professional manner. Steve challenged Roque and his family to bring their counter evidence to dispute the many allegations against them to prove their alleged victims wrong. However, this was the last that Steve heard from Roque. Steve is still waiting for Roque to pick a date.

Oh… and not wanting to be forgotten: Joey Albert

Wait a minute… is that Joey Albert commenting in the above picture? Yes it is. Who’s Joey Albert? You may remember her as that formerly well-known singer in the 1980’s in the Philippines who now resides somewhere in Port Moody and runs a day care. She once had a Reyfort Media produced TV show called The Joey Albert Show that was cancelled only after a few aired episodes. It is alleged that Joey’s known to have a bit of a grudge against well respected and one time friend and supporter, Top 25 Canadian Immigrant 2013, Luisa Marshall. Luisa also has a TV show called Simply the Best – The Luisa Marshall Show that is now currently going into its 6th season. (Click Here to read more about Joey Albert’s issues.)

So why is Joey Albert getting herself involved in this Facebook thread? You’d think Joey would have better things to do with her time… but in our opinion, we’re guessing that the former 80’s ballad singer doesn’t have better things to do with her time.

Joey Albert took the time to agree with Roque Juatco Jr. and comment on this Facebook post.

• After Roque calls Steve Marshall a bigger joke than Amado Lugtu (who Roque calls a “loser”)
• After Roque says him and his family have better things to do with their time then to respond to their many alleged victims of scams and bullying.
• After Roque says to those who have a problem with him and his family to “take us to court” and adds that the victims don’t so they should “… shut the fuck up …” (Again, we note that the Juatco’s were taken to court and lost and were ordered to pay $15,000).

Joey laughs and asks Roque Juatco Jr. if someone is pissing him off. Then she tells Roque “What you said is true…” then adds “People Who choose to take the high road just have better things to do and generally a better life to enjoy.” Then she advises Roque to “Keep Cool.”

Uh… so does Joey Albert think that addressing the Juatco family’s alleged victims is taking the “low road” for Roque? Joey Albert mentions that those taking the high road generally have better things to do and a better life to enjoy… we think that Joey Albert needs to be reminded that Mananquil (who brought the Juatco family to court and won) is still waiting for the $15,000 that the Judge ordered the Juatco family to pay her. Mananquil reportedly spent $25,000 on the court case just to bring the Juatco family to court and receive some form of justice.

Message to Joey Albert: What road do you think the alleged scam and bullied victims of the Juatco family take? Should they keep quiet about it? Or should they make the general public and community know about their horrible experiences in hopes that no one else suffer the same losses that they did when dealing with the Juatco family. 

Joey Albert’s last message was “tell them to do this…” and she pasted a link to the song “Let it Go” from Disney’s animated film Frozen. Then she ended with putting a smug looking smiley face icon. In our opinion, Joey, we need to help those victims in our community who have been scammed and bullied. We and Steve Marshall will not “Let it Go” because we choose to make a stand and stand up against bullying and scamming. We will strive and help those who tell us that they have been victimized and ask for our help (even if we think we have better things to do with our time or a “better life to enjoy”).

… Speaking of letting it go… Joey, we think there are some things that you need to let go of. *Grudges*

IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE:

In 2009, Joey Albert had a private lunch with her then friend and supporter Luisa Marshall who was very new at the time to the Filipino Community in the Lower Mainland. Joey told Luisa directly that the main people to stay away from in the Filipino Community is the Juatco family. She even said that the #1 person to stay away from was Erlinda Juatco (Roque’s mom).

But it’s 2014 now… and Joey Albert seems to be buddy buddies with Roque Juatco Jr. and his wife Janice Lozano.