The Sunday News
Nkosilesisa Ncube, Sunday Life Reporter
A YEAR after being charged and fined for drug induced sex with a minor, Gweru-based entertainer DJ Mupsy still maintains his innocence.
According to the Gweru entertainer, the girl, a student at Regina Mundi High School who accused him of rape initiated contact with him.
She allegedly went through a lot to get his attention, messaging him constantly on WhatsApp for a year before they finally agreed to meet.
“She would see me driving past her mother’s workplace and send messages like, “I saw you driving past my workplace” to give the impression that she was a 19-year-old working girl.
On the day in question, Mupsy said the girl called him in the morning to confirm their appointment. When they did meet, she brought a friend with her.
“When I met them, I asked what they wanted to do, she (the rape complainant) said she wanted to drink and get high. She said her drink of choice was Red Label, and to me, someone who can drink whisky and anything else that strong must be quite grown and mature and knows what they are doing,” said Mupsy.
From meeting in town, they went to Mupsy’s house where they stayed until the late afternoon at which point he called a taxi to take the girls home.
“We were playing music by my flat, when she (the complainant) said she wanted to go home.
“She was drunk so I called a taxi to take them both home,” Mupsy said.
Three days later Mupsy was contacted by the police, with charges of rape. While awaiting trial, he got a call from his friend (name withheld) who said the girl had put him in the same position the year before.
“My friend told me that a year before, the girl had contacted him on Skype, lied about her age and sent him suggestive pictures of herself. The girl’s mother then went to my friend’s workplace, threatening a lawsuit if he did not pay her $1 000,” he said.
According to the DJ, his friend paid the mother and the matter went to rest. Mupsy said he realised he may have been the victim of a money making scheme when he learned that the girl’s mother had allegedly made false rape allegations against her former boss, much like the ones her daughter was making against him.
“While I was in police custody, the girl’s mother approached my mother and proposed an out of court settlement, which I refused because I knew I had done nothing wrong,” said Mupsy.
He was not convicted of rape, but for drug induced sex with a minor and was fined $600.
Mupsy said he felt the amount was unfair on him considering that he did not do anything wrong.
He has not performed at Regina Mundi since the incident and says he can never go back there because of his experience with the school.
“Professionally, I can never go back to Regina Mundi, but the whole situation affected my personal life more than it did my professional life. It was a pressing and stressful time and paying for lawyers crippled my family financially. My mum was always there though, she believed in me from the start and we became closer as a result.” Mupsy said.
He said the whole saga had taught him to be selective about the company he keeps.
“I have learnt not to mingle with just anyone and not trust everyone and that is a lesson that I will teach my son. In retrospect, Mupsy says he should not have entertained the girl in the first place.
“If I had a do-over, I would ignore the first WhatsApp message she sent me,” he said.
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