The TikTok video shared on March 18 shows a screenshot of a broadcast news report with a woman holding the portrait of an alleged drug war victim.
The clip also appears to show the same man -- who claimed to be her ex-boyfriend -- saying she lied that he was killed during Duterte's drug crackdown.
"You even told people that I was dead when I am just here working," he said in Visayan.
The Tagalog-language news chyron says: "Family members of drug war victims believe justice will be served".
The clip also shows text that reads, "Another victim that they claim to be dead but is still alive."
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Screenshot of the false TikTok post, taken on April 7, 2025
Duterte's supporters published dozens of online posts targeting the families of drug war victims, seeking to discredit their accounts of extrajudicial killings after the former president's arrest (archived link).
Sheerah Escudero, the woman in the video, said people on social media had accused her of being a liar and a drug addict, with some even sending personal messages telling her she deserved to be killed and beheaded.
Her brother Ephraim was found dead in 2017 at the height of the crackdown.
Escudero and other kin of drug war victims filed complaints with Philippine authorities on April 4, demanding an investigation into the threats.
The false video spread elsewhere on TikTok and Facebook.
Comments suggest some users believed the man in the false post was related to Escudero and was still alive.
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