The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund provided her with legal representation. Marichu Suarez Baoanan, who worked in the ambassadorial townhouse on 15 East 66th Street, Upper East Side, stated: "I did not have hope of escape.
A lawyer from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund represented her. Marichu Suarez Baoanan, who lived in an embassy residence on 15 East 66th Street, Upper East Side, expressed: "I didn't think I'd be able to get away."