By: Natasha Archary
The Sonia and Matthew Booth #CheesecakeGate scandal has escalated to the point that Matthew intends on suing his wife for defamation of character.
This after Sonia Booth dropped several bombshell posts about her husband’s alleged affair with a woman she named, Bongani Mthombeni Moller.
Mrs. Booth claims her husband and Bongani were involved in an affair which included trips to Polokwane and of course, #CheesecakeGate.
Basically Sonia accused Matthew of baking a cheesecake for Bongani and used her Tupperware to deliver it to her. Sonia had initially thought Booth had baked the cheesecake for their son’s birthday.
On Wednesday, Matthew released a statement expressing his intention to pursue legal action against his wife for tarnishing his reputation in such a public fashion.
This led to the Kaya Drive team engaging in a discussion over whether anyone would sue a family member.
The team were split down the middle with Angie Khumalo expressing that she would have no issues suing a family member.
While Keneiloe Huma would let good old karma run its course, Angie says she doesn’t believe in the adage, “what goes around comes around.”
“I don’t believe in karma, I think we tell ourselves about karma because we want to make ourselves feel better. I don’t care about what the person did, but if I feel strongly that I was wronged, I will sue a family member without batting an eyelid.”
Listen to the conversation on Kaya Drive:
The situation with Sonia and Matthew Booth however is a little more complicated, with Matthew’s profile in the public eye, developing the younger generation through the Matthew Booth Foundation.
It’s deeper than Sonia Booth accusing her husband of having an affair, and reminds people of what happened with Katlego Maboe and Monique Muller.
Monique’s public allegations that Katlego Maboe was abusive and had cheated on her, cost him to lose all his sponsorships as well as his job as an Expresso Morning host.
While the charges against him were later proven false and he regained his public good standing again, that kind of reputational damage can ruin a person’s livelihood.
With that in mind perhaps Matthew Booth felt like he had no choice but to take the legal route so he can protect his livelihood, as he pleaded with his sponsorships and stakeholders to not allow this private matter to affect their partnerships.
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