“This may well be the most difficult public pronouncement I will ever be making in my entire life,” he said in a statement.
“And painful too, as every separation involves a certain degree of pain. I confirm my separation from my wife of close to 12 years, Jewel May Lobaton. We have been living separately since November 2011.”
He said that they both tried to resolve their problem but failed. Pimentel and Lobaton has two children, all boys.