The infamous “gayuma” bride attracted more attention following her civil case this week after their hired wedding organizers took to senator and media personality Raffy Tulfo to break down what really happened, appearing in his latest YouTube video.
Last March 13, complainants identified as Arvil Apilado and Vanessa Aleria of A&A Creations narrowed down the timeline of events that led to the scam-wedding. Apilado was contacted by his in-house photographer Gary for the wedding organizer job, and he agreed to it despite the sudden booking that was just days away from the event.
Tulfo first asked Apilado, “Bakit po nabulabog yung wedding?”, (“Why did the wedding crash?”). Apilado simply replied, “Walang dumating na judge tsaka ‘di nakapag bayad. Kasi walang-kasi walang downpayment na nangyari kahit piso walang nabigay”, (“A judge didn’t attend and no payment was made. There was no downpayment, not a single scent was given”).
With that in mind, Tulfo pressed, “Eh pero may nakita ako naka set up na po ‘yung mga mesa?” (“But I see that the tables were all set up?”). Apilado then remarked, “Yes po. Ang nangyari po ako po ang nag-abono,” (“Yes. What happened was that I covered the funds.”).
Apilado further exposed that the “scam bride” used an alias in their preparations, stating that November Justine Gay Jaudines had reportedly used the name “Shallene Lorraine Justine Lao Go.” He also noted that the fake name was used in the digital wedding invitations that had been sent out, which was only delivered to the groom’s side of the family, raising more confusion to the organizers and confirming on their side later on that she had indeed plotted a scam in wanting to pursue the event.
Aleria, on the other hand, had been assisting the couple on the day of the program proper. It was around 8:00 AM on her record when she asked the bride for a downpayment. She admitted to having doubts after entering the room where the couple was settled, where she was then approached by the bride who rushed to explain that there were complications in the payment because her family was “confidential.” This goes back to the bride’s claims that she was related to government officials from Davao, which was later shut down as it turned out to be false.
Tulfo went ahead to raise in their discussion that fans who were viewing their live stream had flooded the comment section about the prominent gesture of this issue where the wife of the groom’s friend showered him with salt and he snapped out of the love potion’s trance. Aleria started, “Eto po sir ha, nandoon po kasi kami lahat—all coordinators, even the manager of that hotel po nandoon po. Pagsaboy niya ng asin, parang nanghina kasi si groom, ‘yun yung nakita namin sir ha. ‘Di naman kami naniniwala sa lumay.” (“It goes like this sir, ok. We were all there—all coordinators, even the manager of that hotel was there. When the salt had been thrown, it was as if the groom fell weak. Thought that’s what we saw, ok. We don’t even believe in that.”).
Following this, Tulfo and Aleria reached the same conclusion that there was no hexing that occurred upon the groom. It was apparent to the host and complainants that the groom simply wanted a way out, theorizing that the bride’s claim that she was 6 months pregnant with his child and her offers of business opportunities had motioned him with the compliance to agree in tying the knot.
There is now a Compromise Agreement where Jaudines is to pay the 25 organizers by March 21, 2025 of what cost them a total of ₱270,000 in their original contract, now amounting to a reduced sum of ₱98,000 from what the suppliers ended up negotiating among themselves.
Tulfo filed an Estafa Case on behalf of Apilado after confirming with Attorney Garretth Tungol that this was feasible for the scam bride’s case, siding with the complainants and voicing the deceit stating, “Sir Arvil, ituloy na natin yung kasong estafa i-file sa kanya. Kasi ako, sigurado ako sa March 21, magtatago po ito.”, (“Sir Arvil, let’s continue with filing the estafa case. For me, I’m sure that on March 21, she will go into hiding.”).
More records of the bride’s scams of trapping men into marriage with the same lies had allegedly surfaced after the recent wedding issue had gone viral. The scam bride would reportedly message the groom’s friends with their numbers to fish for money to be transacted in Gcash and Paymaya to fund the supposed event. Apilado assured Tulfo with their new suit against Jaudines, declaring, “Ito na po yung chance para ma, ma ano natin sir, ma-hold natin siya.” (“This is the chance so that, so that we can, hold her accountable, sir.”).
The scam bride was then welcomed to speak, and did not deny that she was indebted to the organizers, saying, “May pagkakautang po talaga ako sa kanila.” (“I really do owe them.”). The host did not hesitate to remind her that he would ensure that she would get arrested under the estafa case if she did not follow through with the compromise agreement.
Jaudines also admitted to lying about being related to the director of the National Bureau of Immigration (NBI), who Tulfo was closely affiliated with. She spoke, “Kasalanan ko po talaga ‘yan senator. Wala po akong i-dedefend or i-rereason sa ganyan, kasi kasalanan ko po talaga.” (“That’s really my fault senator. I have nothing to defend or reason in that, because it’s really my fault.”).
While she admitted to these accusations, she denied that she bewitched the groom. She raised that she never pressured him into being wed, and even stated, “In fact, he was the one who offered to marry me.” It remains unclear if the scam bride is truly with child, but as the interview closed off, Tulfo concluded that she must pay her dues, and if in fact her supposed husband will not take accountability if she turns out to be pregnant, that he would find justice in that as well.
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