‘Moment of weakness’ haunts David Masondo as woman lays new charges against him

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The legal battle between Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo and a woman who claims to be his former lover is far from over. The woman who claims Masondo impregnated her and then forced her to have an abortion, has laid fresh criminal charges against him

In the latest episode, the woman who claims Masondo impregnated her and then forced her to have an abortion, has laid fresh criminal charges against him.

In the statement submitted to the Douglasdale Police Station in Johannesburg last Monday, the 31-year-old woman told the police that she was “an adult female studying towards an LLM [degree] at Wits University”. The woman, whose name cannot be published because the law protects the identities of victims of sexual offences, told the police that two days after she was arrested the senior prosecutor declined to pursue the case against her.

“For this reason, Masondo saw it fit to frame me for a crime in order to intimidate me from laying a charge against him and the doctor for the illegal abortion. His action [of approaching the Hawks on a false complaint] was inherently an act of intimidation aimed to silence me and force me to withdraw the HPCSA complaint at all costs after I made it clear that I would not withdraw my complaint,” the woman’s statement reads.

“First, he sought to pay in order to dissuade my family from seeking damages in terms of custom, which I rejected. Later, he sought to pay for my counselling, which I accepted. I had accepted such payment because he had in any case been paying for my counselling all along. It made sense to round off the figure and allow him to make a once-off payment [of R300 000],” the statement reads.

At no stage did I ever demand any reward from Masondo or state that, should he fail to pay such a reward“This was a false complaint, he unlawfully and intentionally made a false statement to the Hawks in order to intimidate me following my HPCSA complaint,” the statement reads.

 

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Was it gunpoint abortion?what kinda force did he use?

CoruscaKhaya This will be interesting.

MissSteelo She won't budge, they've tried to pay her out 😅👇

Hawu Nyambose this is sad! You are being disturbed in your national duty! There is a plan out of it!

Can we PLEASE have the pic of this woman? Just want to check something.

When this nutjob is not busy calling for cloud coockoo land economic policies, he's having unprotected sex with women he doesn't want to have children with? The ANC sure knows how to pick them.

kabelodick amakgate1 FredMooo errolbsk this side gents.

He looks like a rapist

Brave woman. Remember the moment you become a politician you are untouchable in our country.

Is it his views on the SARB that is bringing all these?🤔

Wat wrong with this gender vele 😳🐪

Men learn how to be faithful to your partner to avoid such chaos and don't forget most of the world's biggest downfalls are caused by women

He must resign, to sort out his mess out of public office

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