Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili

If the infamous Hayden Kho sex videos with sexy star Katrina Halili and model Maricar Reyes were over-the-counter drugs (*coughs*), they would’ve been sold out by now—and a lot would’ve been overdosed by then. The scandal is so popular that anyone who is very entrepreneurial can make loads of money off these most-searched videos on the Internet, either as pay per download files or as pirated copies in Quiapo. But then, people would rather use torrent sites for free viewing.

This is the biggest thing that hit Las Islas in 2009—even bigger than Manny Pacquiao’s victory over Hatton—and it wouldn’t seem to die down, like a stubborn cockroach. Even Richard Guttierez’ near-death experience didn’t veer people away from it.

A week after this news erupted, a lot of things happened and many people got affected: Vicki Belo, the famous ex-girlfriend of Hayden’s and one of the women in the rumored collection of sex videos, chose to seek solace in Europe; A new name surfaced—the guy who allegedly stole the videos from Hayden’s laptop: Erik Johnston Chua, whose hidden agenda are yet to be revealed; Hayden’s father was rushed to the hospital because he couldn’t stand the public humiliation; And then there’s the ever-controversial Lolit Solis, the one accused by Hayden’s mom for orchestrating Katrina Halili’s interview to gain public sympathy.

And then, of course, there’s Hayden who is probably plotting his next steps, but it seems that he’s reaching the dead-end. The provinces of Bohol and Palawan already declared him a persona non grata, possible for press release purposes. Then there is the drug issue that he needs to deal with, though I find it funny that PDEA will probe on something that happened two years ago (honestly they should go to Bryan Gorrell’s blog for hints on where to conduct their inspection. Lastly, and this is nothing new, there are politicians who like to ride on the popularity of this issue.

The question is, what’s next for Hayden Kho?

No one knows when this whole thing is going to end and whether or not the victims will be vindicated in the end, and whether or not Hayden will be criminally or civilly liable for some damages. Or, perhaps it’s going to be another issue that will slowly die down because the public will eventually get tired of it and move on to another sizzling news.

Let’s wait and see. Meanwhile, if you’re here for the sex videos, I’m afraid you need to do another search on Google.