"It's all showbiz crap."

That was the reaction yesterday of the former live-in partner of fitness expert Marie Roxanne "Plinky" Recto, who called the DAILY STAR yesterday to react to her statements Monday that she misses their 17-month-old child who is now in his custody.

Recto, who was in Negros Monday to visit her child, said "There are no words to describe how a mother feels about losing a child…I miss my child because I think he is the cutest thing on earth."

The former boyfriend, in response, said Recto never took care of their child and left him to the care of a housemaid whom she paid P3,000 a month.

She left him in a crib the whole day, leaving for her gym at 9 a.m. and stayed out until up to midnight with her friends, he said. I am semi-retired and don't have to work and have all the time to be with our child, said the former boyfriend who is in his 50s.

He said he is the better parent.

"Voldemort cannot raise my son, you have to nurture a child and give him good values, and not teach them that it is okay to destroy other people's lives," Recto had said.

Voldemort is the fictional arch-villain of the Harry Potter series feared in the Wizarding world, and is only referred to as "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named". Recto's former boyfriend has warned that the SC rule on violence against women and children states that whoever publishes the name of the parties involved without their consent will be liable for contempt of court.

The former boyfriend yesterday said it is Recto who is not fit to be a mother, she is a member of the Ananda Marga and worships Hindu gods. "My son cannot grow up with her," he said.

He said Recto experienced certain sad events in her life before he met her, and her two previous marriages lasted less than a year each. "She needs help," he said. "One time I asked her to go to mass with me and she said where was God when I needed him," he said.

"I want her to visit our son and help raise him but it is better for the boy to live with me," he said.

The battle for custody of their 17-month-old son has resulted in about 13 inter-related cases filed by Recto and her former boyfriend against each other and other people. "No matter what pressure he puts on me, I will not back down," she said.

"Despite the pressure I will add more cases against him, I may not be a lawyer but I'm a Recto," she said Monday.

"You want to fight, you are a Recto, but you keep pestering the courts for a protection order," the former boyfriend said.

My suggestion to her, he said, is: "Let us withdraw all our cases so your lawyers don't make too much money out of you so you can stop pestering your brother, (Senator) Ralph (Recto), and borrowing money from him for your cases."*CPG

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