17 Apr – Zsa Zsa Padilla recently revealed that she actually had to go through another annulment case in 2017 after she found out she was “married” to a man she doesn’t know.

As reported on Inquirer, the actress recently shared the experience on a series of tweets, saying that she found out that she was married to a Japanese man named Shigemi Nabehigashi in 2016 when she and fiance Conrad Onglao were trying to get a Certificate of No Marriage.

“This was written there, referring to a different person – Esperanza Padilla married to a Shigemi Nabehigashi. Of course, that’s not me,” she tweeted, adding that the document stated that she had been married to the man in 1992 despite the fact that the man had only been in Manila once in 1993.

It is noted that Padilla was in a relationship with the late comedian Dolphy at the time.

Following the revelation, Padilla said that she and Onglao had to ask for help from various people including Department of Foreign Affairs and the Bureau of Immigration.

“Weddings apparently happen in our country even without a bride and groom. [I] had no other choice but to pray and accept that annulment was the only way,” she lamented.

Padilla also admitted that she suspected someone was behind the fake marriage, but stressed that she has already forgiven the perpetrator.

“It has given me so much heartache and tears and I felt I had to start proceedings with no bitterness or anger in my heart,” she said.

She also refused to point fingers to ex-husband Modesto Tatlonghari, whom many believed might have been involved, saying that the two of them have long buried their previous hurts.

Padilla finally got her annulment from her fake Japanese husband in July last year.