Goodbye Chikatime.com ?!

Remember ChikaTime? Actually they are the first blog who 'exposed' the Gucci Gang Scandal even before Brian Gorell started his own blog. Chikatime is my guilty pleasure, even they started as a Perez Hilton rip-off I'm actually enjoying the humor of it, It's quite entertaining. Chikatime is actually hosted at Blogger.com they just buy a domain name for it, and if you will look at the blog today this is what you will read:

"the time has come and we write this in peace.us chikatime ghels (plus ghey) would like to thank lahat ng nagbasa ng blog namin for the past year. sana kahit papaano na-entertain namin kayo even at the expense of pinoy personalities. mali pala to write negatively about public figures like artistas, media people, socialites, etc. we sincerely apologize to everyone we wrote about. madami din kaming na-offend.

dahil wala na kami sa ere, we encourage you to visit the following websites where gossip is A-OK.

http://chichitsthefan.blogspot.com
http://www.perezhilton.com
http://www.dlisted.com
http://www.defamer.com
http://www.chuvachienes.com
http://www.gawker.com

salamat sa inyong lahat at paalam. abangan ang chikatime the movie, coming soon!
nagmamahal,
team chikatime"

^That's the only thing remaining on the blog, all the other content, pictures & archives has been deleted. I looked if there's a cache copy on Google, there's none - apparently the blog is tagged "no index" & "no follow" I googled why ChikaTime closed & this is what I found out:

Chikatime.com Sudden Closure due to NBI Crackdown
The hottest scandals and rumors about almost everyone all dished-out by Chikatime-dot-com will no longer be read. They were forced to close down after three of their editors/writers were arrested for libel charges. Their databases were confiscated by the police pending investigation. This is a warning to all gossipers and rumor bloggers.

Looks like the Mabuhay Shoppingera, Jenni Eperson win this time, on her blog:

"To cobble the pieces, here are the things you must do:

1. RE-OPEN chikatime for public viewing.
2. DELETE all your previous posts.
3. RETRACT all malicious lies written on your blog.
4. APOLOGIZE to ALL the victims you have violated, especially to Tim Yap and myself via a letter to be posted on your site.
5. CREATE A LINK to my site. At the bottom of your apology letter, it should state: “To know the truth about Chikatime, log on to www.jenniepperson.com.”

Your 15 minutes of fame are over.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
You only have 24 hours to comply.
Or else, your identities will be revealed."

Kitty Go shares her insights on this whole ChickenTime hullabaloo :

"GOSSIP doesn't die. It just gets re-incarnated.
(This is why Im surprised the Philippines has not turned Buddhist!)

THIS IS NOT the first time they have shut down. The latest (or maybe the only) one I recall was when the Inquirer did a big story on them and maybe because they are not used to fame and infamy, they were overwhelmed...

Well, they will learn like everyone else!
(remember Gorrell did it, too...)

Fortunately or unfortunately, SOME people (like me) are born with heated silver forks in their tongues plus Edward Scissorhands fingers for typing venom.

Those who never learn, well, what can I say???---you will probably read more about them in my next novel.

WHY DID CHIKATIME CLOSE??
As a new kid on the blog, I am getting the feeling that the blogosphere is like an elementary school playground and one must ally oneself either with the biggest bully or the person who has rights over the slides and swings.

I would like to look at myself as the one with the verbal 'snides and swings."

SO WHO IS THE BULLY???
Why don't we pose the rhetoric: He who brags most, bullies most or vice versa or WHAT!???
Who wants to kick-butt with Gladiator heels? Personally, I prefer classic Roger Vivier Belle du Jours.

IS THERE SOMETHING I DON"T KNOW??
The traditional Ateneo answer would be "That depends."

1) Have you been reading other blogs aside from this one, Chikatime and/or Gorrell? If your answer is "Yes" then you are spending too much time online and not enough time at the 70 off sales!!---hahahaha!!!
2) Do you read blogs obssessed with discovering the identity of "ChickenTime?"
3) Have you been reading another blog with the word Mabuhay on it?
(It ain't Philippine Airlines, okay, coz you know technology has not been assigned a seat yet!!)

If you answered "NO" to all of the above then THERE IS SOMETHING YOU DONT KNOW!!

My theory is, that the Mabuhay Shoppingera, who by the way, wants more hits on her blog so I'm practically sending the devoted followers of fashion to HER BLOG by writing this entry...
The Mabuhay Shoppingera who wants more hits has been bullying our friends at ChikaTime by threatening to expose their identities."

I don't know if this is another BoyBastos.com in the making, but I don't REALLY know what's the whole story is. How does the friend of Jenni Eperson named "Ridge" aka "mp3musicmp3" knows the identity of the ChikaTime editors? As I've read in his comments:

1. He send daw a 'tracking software' to all the consoles Chikatime writers is using, That's why he claimed right in that minute the writer is making a blog post. Hhmm....
2. mp3musicmp3 claimed he have ChikaTime's data using Chikatime's Google AdSense account with the exact address and recipient's name he added that Google assured their Legal team they would take down Chikatime's site from their index.
3. Plus he also commented "We also have his details, compliments of DomainsByProxy.com, his website's registrant. Go-Daddy.com, his site's server, also affirmed to us that his site is in gross violation of its terms of use regarding malicious disparagement of other living persons. Malas niya, these two webservers conform to American laws on Defamation."

You know what? I almost forgot this whole Chikatime thingy because I already unsubscribe to the blog in my Google Reader, but when a commenter send me an e-mail that I should start daw a ChikaTime-like blog, He's a 'tipster' daw dati sa ChikaTime blah... blah. Yikes, AYOKO NGA. Takuuut aku.

Australian Blogger, Brian Gorrell will be Guesting Today on Y-Speak

Aussie blogger Brian Gorrell, who allegedly swindled US$70,000 by his Filipino boyfriend, DJ Montano will be having a phone patch interview today Saturday, on the hit teen debate show Y-Speak hosted by Mo Twister & Bianca Gonzalez. Get to know his response to DJ Montano's first interview in ANC with Korina Sanchez.

Brian Gorrell also begin co-hosting the weekly radio show on Magic 89.9 called 'Good Times with Mo, Mojo and Grace' where he continue his quest in finding 'justice'. Aurora Montano called in to see a Magic 89.9 Account Executive, they have threatened to sue Quest-Magic Broadcasting owner of Magic 89.9, according to Gorrell. He also revealed that G0ogle has contacted him about the unusual amount of traffic for a personal website and they might shut the blog down.

DJ Montano Strikes Back at Brian Gorell !

After more than one month blogging of Brian Gorell talking about "The Talented Mr. Mantano", & after 2 million hits on his blog, Pinoy socialite and lifestyle columnist Delfin "DJ" Montano finally speaks up to deny that he owes $70,000 to the Australian. DJ Montano said he would take Gorrell to court to vindicate his name and that of his family and friends whom Gorrell dubbed as the"Gucci Gang" and ridiculed in his blog.

So we can expect that "The Talented Mr. Mantano" blog will be closed because DJ Montano writes to G0ogle and Bl0gger.com and request to stop the blog, which he points out that the defamation he gets is clearly a violation of Bl0gger.com's TOS. Whaatt? Is this the end of the cyber telenovela? Hey Brian, Back-Up now! and move to a self-hosted blog!


The summary of DJ Montano 's interview:

1. There were no $70,000
2. DJ Montano is not a coke (cocaine) addict
3. There were no business plan with Brian Gorell
4. One thing i'm not: "I'm not a thief"
5. Libel case will be filed here or in Australia. in Africa also.
6. He's is not hiding. He didn't left the country. and so are we.
7. DJ Montano is not related with Cezar Montano or Sunshine either.

Brian Gorell immediately post a reply after he watched the interview:

" I am just shattered.I have just watched the entire interview. Just devastated at the lies. I just don't understand how he could deny everything. I don't understand how the entire family can deny the scam/ theft. To see his mother. Say those things. I hurt so deeply. She found a way to brag about how much money they have. Rubbing salt into my wounds. B*TCH. "


i found a youtube video of DJ Montano interview don't mind the quality atleast you can hear it


video by: nimfa


More Brian Gorell, Gucci Gang, DJ Montano, Tim Yap and Celine Lopez here.

Brian Gorell Talks About DJ Montano & the Gucci Gang on TV Patrol

Finally Brian Gorell's wish come to reality! ABS-CBN finally talks about it, but TV Patrol didn't mention any DJ Montano, Celine Lopez and Tim Yap.

Who is Brian? Brian Gorell is an Australian who's accusing his former Filipino boyfriend, DJ Montano of swindling him of money totaling US$70,000 that was supposed to be as an investment for a Portuguese restaurant. He created a blog to get his money back. Here's the video of Brian Gorell's interview on TV Patrol:




About the Gucci Gang:

The Gucci Gang controversy is a series of events that involved an Australian blogger Brian Gorrell who published his accusation against his former boyfriend of swindling him of money totaling US$70,000. Gorrell's blog, which was first published on March 4, 2008, has also accused his ex's well-to-do friends, whom he tagged as "Gucci Gang", of attempting to cover up the deed and striking back at him. The blog has since become a major gossip topic in Philippines' capital city Manila, exposing its high-society youths' alleged freeloading lifestyle and addiction to cocaine. It has also tested Philippine and Australian online libel laws, and raised questions about the extent of freedom of speech in blogging.

Gorrell's blog published

After he was forced to flee the Philippines to Australia, Gorrell (a landscape designer) published his blog on March 4, 2008, using Blogger.com. He claimed that he had been sending money to his former boyfriend as a "silent investment" for a restaurant called Bonza in Makati City. He soon realized that the money was used to pay the ex's own debt and that the restaurant was non-existent. Gorrell then narrated that he confronted the former flame about the money at a hotel room in Makati, which resulted in a public altercation. He said he was charged with assault through the help of the ex's friends, but was later dismissed.The blogger then posted entries involving the "Gucci Gang"—consisting of prominent young Manila socialites who are close to Gorrell's former boyfriend including scions of political families and media personalities—accusing them of infidelity, cocaine abuse, cover-up, and crassness.

He stated that the blog was put up when he was told by Philippine lawyers that the soonest Gorrell could recover the money, totaling to US$70,000, is three years. The blogger also wrote that it also aimed to shame his former lover (as well as the Gucci Gang) into paying him back, and would erase the blog from the Internet once the debt is paid. Gorrell said he plans to use the money as treatment for his HIV. As of March 14, 2008, the blog has received 270,000 visits, amounting to 36,600 visits a day and each lasting an average of 52 minutes. Gorrell wrote that he has received over 3,000 e-mails since the blog opened, apart from hundreds of comments.

Legal action

Gorrell claimed that the Gucci Gang chose to attack him instead of paying the debt. On March 11, 2008, the blogger stated in his site that officials from the Philippine consulate in Sydney and Australian Federal Police took away his computer and questioned him. He wrote that he challenged the officials to check the blog's contents for accuracy. The former boyfriend and his family are exploring possible legal actions against Gorrell. He has also contacted the entertainment section staff of Philippine Daily Inquirer, which first published an article about the blog, saying "no comment" and that he would only issue an official statement if Gorrell filed a case "in the proper forum". Gorrell said in an interview that he was not inclined to do so as of the moment, stating that he has consulted three lawyers in Manila and all of them declined to take the case, citing conflict of interest. He also stated that he does not consider taking the case to the Philippines, saying that "the thought of spending years within the Philippine court system is not even an option for (him)".

Meanwhile, a lawyer of socialite and lifestyle columnist Celine Lopez (who was also mentioned in the blog) sent a letter to Gorrell, which states that "(she) is no longer in communication with (Mr. Former Boyfriend) and in as much as she wants to help (him) with (his) problem with the latter, (she) does not have the capacity to assist (him) as she was not privy to the transaction which only (him) and (his ex) can properly resolve". The letter also pointed out that Lopez and her friend Marco Antonio have been persistent in asking the former boyfriend to pay back the debt, but the latter would only provide "vague answers and a series of denials".

Brian Gorell's blog shut-down and reopening

Gorrell closed his blog on March 12, 2008, after several readers commented on the site telling him to stop the "verbal violence" especially those who were not involved. The blogger, however, kept his first post published. He added that the blog "became bigger than (him)". Gorrell also greeted the Gucci Gang to have fun at their "anti-Brian blog" party that same night. However, the blog re-opened a day later with a series of new posts, although the "Comments" section remained disabled. He insisted that he has not been paid. On March 17, 2008, Gorrell published in his blog a receipt from Western Union money transfer as proof that he was sending money to the former boyfriend. He added that it was one of ten such documents in his possession



video by: artilano
infos from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gucci_Gang_controversy