Lindsay Custodio files VAWC complaint vs husband

Lindsay Custodio. Image: Instagram/@lindsaycustodio.official

Former actress-singer Lindsay Custodio lodged a violence against women and children (VAWC) complaint against her estranged husband Frederick Cale, citing the sexual, emotional, verbal, psychological and economic abuse she allegedly suffered during their marriage.

The “That’s Entertainment” alum was accompanied by her legal counsel Heyz Meking when she filed a case for violation of Republic Act No. 9262, or the Anti-Violence against Women and Their Children Act before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s office on Monday, June 2. The former actress filed a similar complaint in 2024 but it was dismissed.

Interviewed on TV Patrol, Custodio lamented how she did not immediately realize that she had allegedly suffered from abuse at the hands of Cale.

“I have the truth in this,” Custodio said in a “TV Patrol report. “[This is the] first step to my healing.”

Custodio was previously married to Tanauan Vice Mayor Julius Caesar Platon II, who died of a heart attack in 2018. She then got married to Cale in 2022. The pair then made headlines after Custodio revealed her alleged “traumatic experience” during the wedding day.

Cale filed a cyberlibel complaint against Custodio in 2024. He also lodged a perjury complaint against her, but it was dismissed.

He has yet to publicly comment or reach out to Custodio regarding this matter, as of this writing.  /ra/edv