On May 3, 2013, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Makati handed down a resolution recommending Kapuso actress Sarah Lahbati be criminally charged under the Revised Penal Code for libel. This case stems from her "malicious" posts on the social-networking site Twitter last January about GMA Films President Anna Teresa G. Abrogar.
Sarah Lahbati was not present during the preliminary investigation and deliberation "to present evidence that her statements were justified and (that) they were made in good faith" thereby making them malicious resulting in Assistant City Prosecutor Pena to find sufficient grounds to recommend the filing of libel charges against the actress.