Musician and producer Bongani Fassie, the son of late music icon Brenda Fassie, has denied being served a summons by his former file label boss, Lance Stehr.
According to Drum Magazine, Stehr – who owns Muthaland Entertainment – is suing Fassie for defamation of character following allegations the previous Jozi group member made in his present Finding Bongani on Moja Love final 12 months.
LANCE STEHR SUES BONGANI FASSIE FOR DEFAMATION
The outlet reviews that Stehr is suing Fassie for R6 million together with authorized costs.
“As a direct cause of the said publication and broadcasting of intentional falsehoods by Defendant, Plaintiff (Lance) has suffered, and will continue to suffer, significant harm to his business and its professional reputation resulting in commercial and economic loss in the sum of R6 000 000.00,” the paperwork learn.
“The false and defamatory statements made and broadcasted by Defendant and his confidante Mercy Pakela have had the effect of lowering the reputation of the Plaintiff (Lance) in the eyes of his community in that Plaintiff is perceived by those to whom publication occurred as an unprofessional manager who exploits his clients and deals drugs to them.”
Stehr informed the publication that he was a father determine to Fassie for six years after his mom’s passing.
At the time, Bongani Fassie had been a member of the hip-hop group Jozi consisting of then members Lesley “Da Les” Mampe, Ishmael Morabe and Luther “Crazy Lu” Cohen who handed away in 2019. The group was signed to Stehr’s label.
“I don’t know why he has run this campaign against me,” Stehr was quoted as saying.
The file label boss says that it isn’t concerning the cash. All he desires is for the previous Jozi member to apologise and retract his statements.
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BONGANI FASSIE DENIES RECEIVING SUMMONS
However, Fassie denies receiving a summons.
“I heard about it, but I was not handed a summons,” he says.
During the present on Moja Love, the musician alleged that Stehr had contributed to his melancholy, a really darkish interval in his life the place he was out of the general public eye. The artist spoke candidly about his drug and alcohol dependancy, claiming Stehr gave him his first cocaine hit.
The Gotta Keep It Going hitmaker’s allegations had been backed by kwaito legend, Zola 7, who labelled Stehr “evil”.
Mercy Phakela, who’s a Nineteen Nineties pop musician, additionally corroborated his claims by labelling Stehr “a master of drugs.”
“He takes drugs and gives them to the children so that they don’t think properly. So they shouldn’t use their minds to preserve their culture and to know the financial side of the industry,” Mercy Pakela alleged.
However, singer Ishmael Morabe – who was additionally part of Jozi – defended Stehr, saying that the allegations weren’t true as a result of he had as soon as helped him overcome his dependancy to cocaine, TimesLIVE reported in 2021.
Fassie informed Drum that Stehr signed consent to do the present.
“He is interviewed on the show and signed a release form. You see, that’s where the danger is,” he’s quoted as saying.
‘THE COCAINE STUFF IS TRUE’
Fassie additionally mentioned that he’s not retracting something he mentioned about Stehr on the present.
“The cocaine stuff is true. If he wants to sue, then I will do the same. I am also coming for him,” Fassie was quoted as saying.
In addition, he alleged that Stehr was concerned within the embezzlement of his mom’s property.
“Lance was concerned in my mother’s property. That bought wound up, it was finalised and all the pieces.
“I wish to discover out the place my R25 million went to. He has bought a battle coming. Lance was my authorized guardian, self-appointed, and it wound as much as 11 years.
“There are so many irregularities to this and I am not backing down either. Also, where am I supposed to get R6 million?”
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