Businessman, Tafadzwa Musarara is seeking the arrest of Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa for allegedly defying a court order compelling her to apo...
Businessman, Tafadzwa Musarara is seeking the arrest of Ruvheneko
Parirenyatwa for allegedly defying a
court order compelling her to apologise for defaming the businessman.
Musarara wants Ruvheneko to be jailed for three months. In
2016, Musarara filed a $200 000 defamation lawsuit against Parirenyatwa WHO had claimed on social media that she had
not invited Musarara to her programme where she interviewed #ThisFlag founder,
Evan Mawarire.
“I gave the respondent (Parirenyatwa) my ear and because of
the heart rendering explanation, I agreed to the respondent’s proposal for an
amicable resolution of the matter. On November 2, 2017 I entered into a deed of
settlement with the respondent, which culminated in an order by consent of the
parties,” Musarara said.
“In terms of the deed of settlement, the respondent was to
issue an apology in the words specified therein within a period of seven days.
The respondent has not issued out the apology. She has instead opened a new
account on the Twitter platform with a viewership of 75 people on which she
purportedly apologised. The Twitter account she had used to defame me had a 33
000 viewership or followers at the time of the delict complained of. The
respondent has effectively refused to comply with an order of court which order
she consented to.”
The matter is yet to be set down for hearing.
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