“Sen. Robinhood Padilla was removed from office and sentenced to prison after he was supposedly caught using marijuana.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 Aug 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
Sen. Robinhood Padilla remains a member of the Senate. No credible news reports or press releases from the chamber have been published regarding the senator's supposed use of marijuana inside the Senate premises.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 August 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8MaA7qCRAw
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