Rape accused South African TV presenter and musician Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye has indicated his intention to press charges against actress Amanda Du Pont, media personality Masechaba Khumalo, Bonokuhle Nkala and Refilwe Khumalo for defamation of character after they claimed they were raped by him.
The Maarohanye family has slammed ‘false and fake’ rape allegations made against him.
In a statement released over the weekend, family spokesperson Andile Ngcobo said they planned to lay criminal charges against the four women.
He said they would be serving the four with letter of demand, with instructions that they retract the ‘unfounded’ allegations made against him, as well as to apologize for their claim.
“First, it must be noted that his (Jub Jub’s) statements confirming intimate details about his romantic relationship with her in society was never meant to embarrass nor shame Ms Amanda du Pont. But was part of him owning up to his past, including his relationships, which he can’t change or deny,” said Ngcobo.
The family said that allegations that Jub Jub raped Du Pont are “false and fake”.
“The claims and serious allegations by Ms du Pont were clearly concocted to injure and defame our son’s name, which he is working hard to safeguard.”
The family maintains that all sexual relations that happened during the course of Jub Jub and Du Pont’s relationship were ‘all consensual’ and there was ‘never any incident of abuse as claimed by her public statements.’
The family also added that their son had no romantic relationship with khumalo adding “she was pursuing our son and he turned her down.”
“Molemo and his management team would not leave the claims unattended and have since taken a decision to serve Amanda Du Pont, Masechaba Khumalo, Refilwe Khumalo and Bonokuhle Nkala with letters of demand with clear instructions that they should retract the unfounded allegations made against him, and ultimately apologize for their claims.
“Failure to adhere to the instructions will see our son, who like any South African citizen whose constitutional rights has been infringed, go the legal route to clear his name.”
The family believes that the women have “been pulled into campaigning against Jub Jub by Du Pont”.
This whole drama comes after earlier last week, Jub Jub appeared on controversial Podcast interview with MacG. During the interview Jub made claims that he ‘smashed’ Du Pont and that their relationship ended because of the muthi used against him by Kelly Khumalo.
