Jude Estrada

In the 1990s, Jude Estrada briefly followed his father Joseph Estrada's career path by being an actor in the film industry.

For a time, Estrada was sent off in the United States, coming back to the Philippines by the time his father was president in 1998.{{cite news|last=Tulfo|first=Ramon|author-link=Ramon Tulfo|title=FBI has a file on Lacson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVU1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20|access-date=April 13, 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=August 11, 2001|page=A20}} By 1999, Estrada was a captain of the Philippine Air Force.{{cite news|last=Macairan|first=Evelyn Z.|title=Jude Estrada says impostors use his name in shady deals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpQVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3|access-date=April 13, 2024|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=March 1, 1999|page=3}}

After his father was deposed from the presidency by EDSA II in January 2001 and replaced by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Jude clarified that his allegiance as a reserve captain of the Philippine Air Force would now shift away from his father and to Arroyo, stating that "as a soldier, I am loyal to the commander-in-chief, no matter who they are."{{cite news|last=Cervantes|first=Ding|title=Jude, loyal na kay GMA|url=https://www.philstar.com/bansa/2001/04/05/126316/jude-loyal-na-kay-gma|access-date=April 13, 2024|work=Pilipino Star Ngayon|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=April 5, 2001|language=Filipino|quote='Bilang isang sundalo, tapat ako sa commander-in-chief, kahit sino pa siya,' dagdag pa ng batang Estrada.}} Despite this, after the Sandiganbayan arrested both his father and brother Jinggoy Estrada on April 25 for plunder, Jude participated in the pro-Estrada demonstrations at EDSA Shrine that protested the arrest. The rallies he attended were soon followed by the May 1 riots initiated by rallyists marching from the shrine to Malacañang Palace, which he and his half-brother JV Ejercito joined but left before the march reached Mendiola Street near the palace.{{cite news|last=Doronillo|first=Amando|title=The state defends itself|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKU2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9|access-date=April 13, 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=May 2, 2001|page=A9|quote=Those who were spotted by intelligence agents included[...] former President Estrada's sons—Jude and JV Ejercito, according to intelligence reports.}}{{cite news|last1=Herrera|first1=Christine|last2=Nocum|first2=Armand|title=Perez: Junta plotters planned to kill GMA, Erap|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqU2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20|access-date=April 13, 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=May 4, 2001|page=A20|quote=Jude Estrada and Ejercito accompanied the marchers up the SM Centerpoint area in Sta. Mesa, but left just before violence erupted.}}{{cite news|last=Soliven|first=Max|author-link=Max Soliven|title=There's big money behind the 'troubles': That's what worries me|url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2001/05/04/101886/there146s-big-money-behind-145troubles146-that146s-what-worries-me-way-max-v-soliven/|access-date=April 13, 2024|work=Philstar.com|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=May 4, 2001|quote=The other [son of Joseph Estrada under suspicion], whose name has become public since he was recorded by the television cameras of ABS-CBN and GMA-7 as 'talking' to pro-Estrada demonstrators at Nagtahan Bridge on A-Day ('Assault Day') May 1 is Jude Estrada.}}{{cite news|last=Bordadora|first=Norman|title=JV, Jude face rebellion raps; 2 mayors, too|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6U2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3|access-date=April 13, 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=May 5, 2001|page=A3|quote=An exclusive video footage by the GMA Network showed Jude Estrada[...] among the pro-Estrada crowd that marched toward Malacañang on the morning of May 1. He was wearing a blue shirt with a white towel draped around his neck.}}{{cite news|last=Carpio|first=Antonio T.|author-link=Antonio Carpio|title=State of rebellion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KU2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7|access-date=April 13, 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=May 6, 2001|page=A7|quote=The videotapes show that [Juan Ponce] Enrile urged the mob to march to Malacañang. Witnesses saw the Ejercitos leading the mob along Ortigas Avenue.}}

On June 2, 2008, Estrada married his childhood neighbor and long-time girlfriend Maria Rowena "Weng" Ocampo in Forbes Park, Makati.{{cite news|last=Seguia|first=Glaiza|title=Jude Estrada marries his childhood sweetheart|url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/17741/jude-estrada-marries-his-childhood-sweetheart|access-date=April 13, 2024|work=PEP.ph|publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc.|date=June 3, 2008}}{{cite news|last=Gatdula|first=Leah Salterio|title=Jude Estrada wants to settle down|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jlg1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34 |access-date=April 13, 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=May 24, 2000|page=B9|quote=Jude, in fact, has been going steady for more than a year now with Weng Ocampo, the best friend of his elder sister, Jackie Ejercito-Lopez.}}{{cite news|last=Asis|first=Salve V.|title=Jude Estrada, ipinakilala na ang girlfriend|url=https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/showbiz/2001/10/02/135459/jude-estrada-ipinakilala-na-ang-girlfriend|access-date=April 13, 2004|work=Pilipino Star Ngayon|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=October 2, 2001|language=Filipino, English}}

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