Actor Baron Geisler and UP student Khalil Verzosa have resolved their issue about the ‘assault’ video that went viral. Khalil who hired the services of Baron for a video project admitted that his team failed to submit the script on time which could have triggered the problem.
On his Facebook account, Khalil said everything is fine with Baron and has decided to take down the video post:
“I want to make sure i pass this editorial design class. Theme: VAW RA 9262. Violence against women, to be specific. Catcalling. I hired baron knowing full well his court cases on women. Why? For him to apologize and speak to the minds of people who look up to him e.g. badass,tough guy, masa.
Basically to put into context, male celebrity advocates. Since this incident i’ve asked other male advocate for the cause of safety for women in public places. Will be shooting today again. Baron and I spoke on the phone and resolved the issue between ourselves. when I uploaded the video i thought that was my form of justice, perhaps different from other people.
Though, what i really want to point out is that even if this petty fight between guys became this viral, why do we not focus on the reality that women get harassed in the streets. Baron believes in this, we talked about it, violence comes in all forms, specially most of the time, street harassment, its a constant toil for women to experience them every week. Think about your sisters, mothers, wives and daughters, would you want them to experience this everyday?
So to end, we’re all fine. I think Baron Geisler deserves enough. out of respect to him, i took down the video. imagine if you were the one harassed and a found footage of you harassing women or whoever, would you change for the better? we all need realize that violence isn’t the answer, violence in all forms. I also want to ask everyone to stop sharing the video. we just want to put this issue behind us. Peace! #Peacemode #nonviolence #stopstreetharassment.”
(Photo source: Instagram – @barongeisler / Facebook – @Khalil Verzosa)