San Pedro Resident Left Desperate Amidst Land Dispute

A San Pedro man is claiming that he is being denied access to his land on the island. Fifty-eight-year-old Victor Gotay and his wife separated in 2020 but still live at the same address. He claims that he is being denied access to enter their shared business, Gotay Fruits Shop, or receive any profits from it. According to Gotay, the land is his, and all efforts to get authorities involved have failed. This is why he turned to the media to seek assistance.

 

Victor Gotay, San Pedro Resident
“My issue is I’m concerned about my piece of land in San Pedro. I have an issue with my ex wife. We have a problem with the front of the land. The business that the two of us own.  But the thing is that she seemed like she want to be the one who I want to have more rights over the land than me. And that’s why I told her I tell her the problem is here. I own the land and the way she talked the way how she won, but the way I say always she want to  Like she just want to kick me out of the place and not make me have no rights for the piece of place  And got me that back and only she have rights over the business.”

 

Britney Gordon

“And are you two officially separated yet?”

 

Victor Gotay

“Well, I dih go through the process right now.  It’s not really official like that, but then the problem is that this problem here, she continue doing things inside the place  without my concern. And they make, nice in the place and so the last time I come for work, I hear a lot of nice and so I tell them where are the problem there and the first thing they got a police there, they mind the business,  and the police tell me the boss lady come and tell, tell me to come out of my own place. I don’t have nothing against the police, he’s doing his job, but he don’t know where they going there. That’s why he didn’t ask me where I was going. He asked me where I was going and take me out of my place. That really made me upset. Because I said, I’m the one who built this place. How can someone just come and take me out and, you know, and tell me to just come out and come out of it?”

 

Britney Gordon

“So, are you still having any involvement in the business at all? Are you still receiving any income from that? No kind of income.”

 

Victor Gatoy

“I have nothing to do with it.  That’s how they treat me. They tell nobody. And that’s the way it really concerned me too. And the next thing when she do, she want put maintenance for me. And make me maintain the kids. I don’t have nothing wrong with maintaining the kids. But how is she, the way I see it, if she want make me maintain the kids and she must have the business. So I don’t understand what she want try do with me.”