By: Natasha Archary
South African amapiano DJ and producer, Tumelo Manyoni, better known as JazziQ is taking legal action against Ngcebo Mcoboti who accused him of sexual assault.
Ngcebo, a producer on YFM accused JazziQ of forcefully trying to kiss her, when he was at the radio station for an interview.
On her social media, Ngcebo claimed JazziQ attempted to force himself onto her whilst in an elevator with other people.
In her posts on X, Ngcebo claimed JazziQ grabbed her by the waist and tried to forcefully kiss her, saying she had to push him away from her.
She claims she was sexually harassed by the popular artist after rejecting his advances.
However, JazziQ slammed Ngcebo’s allegations, saying after her tweets he requested the station’s CCTV footage of the alleged incident but was told there are no cameras in the lift.
JazziQ also reaffirms that at no point during his time at YFM was he in close proximity to Ngcebo, nor was he ever alone with her.
“Three points are important to note. Firstly, at no point was Mr JazziQ alone with Ms Mcoboth in the lift – they were in the presence of at least 5 other people at all times.
The second is that Mr JazziQ and Ms Mcobothi were never in close proximity as she entered the lift before him. Him being the last to enter means that he was also closest to the elevator doors – with no less than 5 other people between them.
Finally, the lift was traveling just one floor up – a distance that took a few seconds at best. For Ms Mcobothi’s allegations to be true, Mr JazziQ would have needed to enter the lift, wade through 5 other people, position himself next to her, attempt an assault on her in full view of the other people in the lift, and then out of the lift in barely 10 seconds that it took the lift to get just one floor up.
This is both improbable and illogical – especially as it would require that all persons in the lift, including women, would be complicit in what can only be described as atrocious actions. Mr JazziQ is many things – a young man who, like all young men his age, parties and gets involved in romantic relationships with women.
What he is not, is a perpetrator of violence of any form, against women. It is not an accident of history that he has never before been accused of any form of sexual misconduct.”
JazziQ’s management released a statement regarding the alleged sexual assault that he was accused of
JazziQ says the climate of gender-based violence in the country is not something that should be marred with baseless accusations and he will be taking the legal route to clear his name.
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