GLENDALE, Calif -- Celebrity doctors Manny and Pie Calayan were sentenced to three years of probation, in connection with the case where one of their staff was allegedly caught doing medical procedures without a license in their West Hollywood clinic in Los Angeles.
The Calayans will not have to report to a probation officer and will not be monitored. However, they should not break any laws during their three-year probationary period. The couple was also ordered to pay fines totaling a little over $10,000. The Calayans were charged in September with four counts of practicing medicine without a license. In a plea bargain agreement, the Calayans pleaded guilty last month to one count each of a misdemeanor; violating the business and professions code for operating a business without a license. In exchange, the court dropped the other charges.
In a press conference on Wednesday in Glendale, Calayan claimed it was one of his staffers performing procedures outside of the office. He claimed he and his wife were only doing what they were licensed to do at their West Hollywod clinic -- procedures such as facials, spas, and non-invasive beauty treatments. “It's not true that we shut down. It's not true that we're practicing unlicensed here. It is not true we're running an unlicensed office here, so wag sila miniwala sa mga chismis chismis na yan. It's true, that it was one of our staff, but it's not in our premises,” Manny Calayan said. “There's no jail time, just a standard admission, no civil liability, there's been no restitution request as of yet. Just a 36-month probation, that's it. Just a business and professions code violation,” their lawyer David Hakimfar expalined.
Meantime, Calayan is pursuing a lawsuit against his former clinic manager, who he accused of running off with $2.5 million. The former employee, Aida Arceo has denied all charges, and has asked the court to dismiss the case. “Somobrang ng titiwala ko kay Aida, I trusted her so much, even to my children, and then hindi ko alam she'd do this to us,” said Calayan. Arceo declined to be interviewed on camera but she told Balitang America that she never embezzled money from the Calayans, and that she has proof of her innocence.
The Calayans will not have to report to a probation officer and will not be monitored. However, they should not break any laws during their three-year probationary period. The couple was also ordered to pay fines totaling a little over $10,000. The Calayans were charged in September with four counts of practicing medicine without a license. In a plea bargain agreement, the Calayans pleaded guilty last month to one count each of a misdemeanor; violating the business and professions code for operating a business without a license. In exchange, the court dropped the other charges.
In a press conference on Wednesday in Glendale, Calayan claimed it was one of his staffers performing procedures outside of the office. He claimed he and his wife were only doing what they were licensed to do at their West Hollywod clinic -- procedures such as facials, spas, and non-invasive beauty treatments. “It's not true that we shut down. It's not true that we're practicing unlicensed here. It is not true we're running an unlicensed office here, so wag sila miniwala sa mga chismis chismis na yan. It's true, that it was one of our staff, but it's not in our premises,” Manny Calayan said. “There's no jail time, just a standard admission, no civil liability, there's been no restitution request as of yet. Just a 36-month probation, that's it. Just a business and professions code violation,” their lawyer David Hakimfar expalined.
Meantime, Calayan is pursuing a lawsuit against his former clinic manager, who he accused of running off with $2.5 million. The former employee, Aida Arceo has denied all charges, and has asked the court to dismiss the case. “Somobrang ng titiwala ko kay Aida, I trusted her so much, even to my children, and then hindi ko alam she'd do this to us,” said Calayan. Arceo declined to be interviewed on camera but she told Balitang America that she never embezzled money from the Calayans, and that she has proof of her innocence.
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