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“I ask the Filipinos and the police to continue to ask why he was still allowed to be around children despite these warnings,” Efi Baldwin says.
MANILA, Philippines – Tab Baldwin’s estranged wife, Efi has come forward to speak out against the coach of the Ateneo men’s basketball team regarding deaths of players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili.
In a video published on Saturday, June 13, by New Zealand-based lawyer Tudor Clee, Efi claimed that she had repeatedly warned Ateneo to keep the children away from Tab, but instead she was shot and silenced.
“At that time I repeatedly told the University (Ateneo de Manila) that children are not safe around him and it was their responsibility to remove him. I encouraged them to transfer him from the university, and they started a campaign of threats and silence,” he said.
Efi claimed that she was legally married to Tab since 2011, but eloped in early 2020 for her and their children’s safety.
“This video is because of his latest interview and when he talks about his family, I want to make sure that they do not represent me or my children,” he said.
Efi said the deaths of Baterbonia and Adili – both of whom drowning during a team-building activity on June 8 in Dipaculao, Aurora – “they were not only predictable, but preventable.”
“I ask the Filipinos and the local police to continue to ask why he was still allowed to be around children despite these warnings,” he added.
Tab’s daughter, Giota Kalogirou, went to X to support her mother’s claim. He also directly confirmed the authenticity of the video to Rappler.
“My mother BEGGED them to assign her to a different team – a team with adults, away from college, away from young children, and they not only ignored her but made her life (a) living hell for several months. Keep asking questions,” she he wrote in the post.
The controversial posts came just a day after the Ateneo coach he apologized on video, following four days of complete silence since the death of his players.
“As a coach, we are entrusted with the growth of our basketball players, the development of these young people in the future career. But more, as a coach, I have been trusted by you, parents and families, first of all, their well-being. And in this, I feel I have failed. And I’m sorry,” the American-Kiwi university coach explained on the page of the social network June 2.
The Department of Justice had previously received a request for an Immigration Information Order against Tab. – Rappler.com
