Katlego Maboe sues Women for Change founder Sabrina Walter for alleged defamation.

The scandal-scarred TV presenter Katlego Maboe (34) is now suing the activist against gender-based violence (GBV), Sabrina Walters, who is the founder of Women for Change, for alleged defamation.

IOL reports that the former TV star and a presenter of Expresso on SABC3 produced by Cardova Productions, has lodged a crimen injuria complaint with the South African police against Sabrina Walters of Women for Change.

Katlego Maboe admitted in a video to his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child, Monique Muller, that he cheated on her and had sex with another woman, after which he lost work and disappeared from television when he became embroiled in domestic violence allegations following his infidelity scandal.

Monique Muller alleged that Katlego Maboe gave her a sexually-transmitted disease (STD) and "damaged her womb", affecting the chances of her having another child.

In another video Monique said that Katlego Maboe allegedly physically abused her as well, saying that "When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him".

In a statement, Katlego Maboe said that "I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day. We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings".

Katlego Maboe also lost his nomination in April 2021 in the Best TV Presenter category of the National Film and Video Foundation's 15th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs).

Earlier this month the disgraced TV presenter in new letters of demand from his lawyer, demanded R4 million from four people after saying he suffered psychological damage and damage to his reputation from the scandal that engulfed him and that led to the implosion of his career.

Katlego Maboe demanded that Monique Muller; her brother Seth; Sabrina Walter, the founder of Women for Change; as well as Dr Janet van Eeden, chairperson of the judges for the NFVF's SAFTAs each pay him R1 million in damages. They were given 3 weeks to respond.

André Johnston, Katlego Maboe's lawyer, told IOL that "A complaint of crimen injuria and criminal defamation was laid against Sabrina Walter of Women for Change. We have requested further police investigation into alleged criminal conduct following a defamatory email that was sent to the National Film and Video Foundation."

"These charges were laid based on my legal advice. I support any initiatives that seek to address inequality. However in this instance it appears to me that vile untruthful accusations were made not only with the intention to have Katlego Maboe removed as a nominee for a SAFTA but also to tarnish his image with Expresso and Cardova."

 Colonel Andrè Traut, police spokesperson, confirmed that a case of crimen injuria was reported at the Muizenberg police station on Monday.

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The embattled former morning show presenter Katlego Maboe is not returning to SABC3's Expresso.

by Thinus Ferreira

Katlego Maboe won't be back on Expresso with SABC3 saying that claims circulating on social media about the return of the channel's former presenter who is mired in scandal, are all unfounded rumours.

Katlego Maboe was arrested on 2 January for contempt of court and appeared in court on 6 January in the Goodwood Magistrate's Court in Cape Town.

It's part of an ongoing court case after the acrimonious and highly-publicised split in late-2020 between Katlego Maboe and his former lover and mother of his child, Monique Muller.

In a sensational video, Katlego Maboe, dressed in a gown, sheepishly confessed to Monique about an extra-marital affair and sex with another woman, with Monique who said that that Katlego gave her a sexually-transmitted disease (STD) and damaged her womb, affecting the chances of her having another child.

In another video Monique said that Katlego Maboe allegedly physically abused her as well, saying that "When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him".

In a statement, Katlego Maboe said that "I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day. We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings".

Earlier this month a "Home of Celebs" page on Facebook created a false rumour, claiming that "Katlego Maboe got a second chance. Yes, Kat is back on Expresso. After a massive fight and petitions to bring him back with gender-based violence (GBV) allegations, Mr Maboe can breathe a sigh of relief as Expresso morning show renewed his contract."

This is completely false. Cardova Productions that produces the morning show for SABC3 from its studio in Tokai has not renewed any contract with Katlego Maboe. He will definitely not be back on Expresso soon and his contract has not been renewed.

In response to a media enquiry to SABC3, Patience Stevens, owner of Cardova Productions says "the rumours circulating on social media is fake news".

Patience Stevens said that the statement that Cardova issued on 23 October 2020 still applies.

In that strongly-worded statement, Cardova Productions said that the SABC3 morning show "condemns any acts of violence and mistreatment, especially against women and children and take such allegations very seriously".

"Certain serious allegations have been posted on social media about Katlego Maboe and, last night, a video was leaked showing Katlego Maboe seemingly admitting to cheating on his partner. We have been informed that a legal process relating to the allegations is currently sub-judice."

"We condemn any acts of violence and mistreatment, especially against women and children, and therefore take such allegations very seriously. Until such time as the matter has been fully investigated, and pending the outcome, Katlego Maboe will not be appearing on The Expresso Morning Show."

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Katlego Maboe arrested.

by Thinus Ferreira

Katlego Maboe has been arrested with the former Expresso presenter on SABC3 and face of Outsurance commercials who has appeared in court in the continuing case against his former lover Monique Muller.

On Sunday the Rapport newspaper reported that Katlego Maboe was arrested just after New Year's Day and appeared in court on 6 January 2021. All of the specific charges are not yet known.

Lerato Maleswena, Katlego Maboe's new publicist, told Rapport that the Monique Muller's charge is false and an attempt to harass and victimise him and to inflict emotional, reputational and economic damage.

According to the newspaper, Katlego Maboe allegedly ousted Monique Muller from the Seapoint flat in Cape Town they once shared before the shattering of their relationship and also stopped paying full rent.

The newspaper also reports that a complaint has been laid against Katlego Maboe's lawyer, Ellen Louise at South Africa's Legal Practice Council over alleged text messages from her to Monique Muller's family and that family members claim to be hurtful and that have been sent to the council.

The Western Cape branch of the Legal Practice Council confirmed that they're investigating the case and are waiting for reaction from Ellen Louise against the allegations.

In late-October the public image of Katlego Maboe abruptly turned toxic when Monique Muller, his former lover who is the mother of his 2-year old son, in a video accused him of allegedly giving her a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that damaged her womb.

In another video Monique Muller claimed that Katlego Maboe allegedly physically abused her as well, saying that "When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him".

In the video, Katlego, dressed in a gown, sheepishly admits to having cheated on her with another woman identified as Nikkita Murray who has since locked her social media accounts.

Mired in public scandal, Katlego Maboe then disappeared from the public eye, and said in a terse statement that "I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day. We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings".

"In light of the comments made against me, I would like to state that I have never abused my partner".

The disgraced Katlego Maboe was immediately let go from SABC3's Expresso produced by Cardova Productions and was also dropped by Outsurance as the face of its commercials  and replaced by Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp.

Katlego Maboe was summoned to appear in court in November 2020 on charges of harassment of Monique Muller after he had allegedly violated the court's protection order not to stay away from her.

In South Africa, a protection order aims at preventing the reoccurrence of alleged domestic violence or sexual harassment by stating what conduct the alleged offender must refrain from doing. 

Katlego Maboe allegedly broke the stipulations of the protection order that Monique Muller obtained on 3 September in Seapoint, Cape Town. The case was postponed due to a docket that was not delivered to court on time. Katlego Maboe is disputing these charges as well.

In other new revelations during November a close confidant of Monique Muller revealed to YOU and Huisgenoot magazines that Katlego Maboe was allegedly not the man that viewers saw on TV.

Monique in July 2020 discovered that Katlego Maboe allegedly gave her an STD, according to insiders.

He apparently travelled to Kiev, Ukraine to watch a soccer match while he was a brand ambassador for Lay's Chips where he later admitted to Monique that he kissed one of the women who won the competition on a dancefloor. He later allegedly had sex with this woman in a hotel room.

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Undelivered docket drama sees Expresso TV presenter Katlego Maboe's court appearance postponed.

by Thinus Ferreira

A masked Expresso TV presenter Katlego Maboe did appear at Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning but the case had to be postponed following missing docket drama.

The disgraced TV host was summoned to appear in court today on charges of harassment of Monique Muller after the SABC3 presenter allegedly violated the court's protection order not to stay away from his former lover who is the mother of his 2-year old son.

In South Africa, a protection order aims at preventing the reoccurrence of alleged domestic violence or sexual harassment by stating what conduct the alleged offender must refrain from doing. 

Katlego Maboe allegedly broke the stipulations of the protection order that Monique Muller obtained on 3 September in Seapoint, Cape Town.

Eric Ntabazalila, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson in the Western Cape, on Tuesday said that Katlego Maboe's case had to be postponed on Tuesday since the prosecutor of the case was not aware of the case and discovered the news about the court appearance from reading about it in the media.

"The expected court appearance of Katlego Maboe did not take place this morning. When the prosecutor saw an article about allegations made, she contacted the police and asked about the court appearance.  She was given today’s date for the court appearance," Eric Ntabazalila said.

"This morning the docket was not brought to court as was expected. She has since asked for the docket to peruse it. No date has been set yet for the appearance."

The protection order and growing scandal around Katlego Maboe stem from a video that went viral on social media in which the TV star who appeared in Outsurance TV commercials as well, was confronted by Monique Muller over his infidelity. 

In the video, Katlego, dressed in a gown, sheepishly admits to having cheated on her with another woman identified as Nikkita Murray who has since locked her social media accounts.

In the video, Monique Muller accuses Katlego Maboe of giving her an STD that damaged her womb, and in another video she claims that Katlego Maboe allegedly physically abused her as well, saying that "When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him".

Katlego Maboe has since abruptly disappeared from the public eye, only releasing a terse statement, saying that "I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day. We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings".

"In light of the comments made against me, I would like to state that I have never abused my partner," Katlego Maboe said.

Katlego Maboe and Monique Muller have not issued further statements.

To try and limit brand damage Cardova Productions took Katlego Maboe off the air from its weekday breakfast show Expresso on SABC3 that is produced from its studio in Tokai.

Expresso publicist El Broide said in a statement that the SABC3 show "condemns any acts of violence and mistreatment, especially against women and children, and therefore take such allegations very seriously".

"Until such time as the matter has been fully investigated, and pending the outcome, Katlego Maboe will not be appearing on Expresso".

The insurance company Outsurance rushed to re-edit and scrub all traces of him from all of the insurance company's "Chencha dai deng" TV commercials, now only showing testimonials of customers without Katlego interviewing them.

In new revelations in the latest 5 November issue of YOU and Huisgenoot magazines, a close confidant of Monique Muller reveals that Katlego Maboe is allegedly not the man that viewers see on TV.

In July this year, Monique discovered that Katlego Maboe allegedly gave her an STD. Katlego Maboe apparently travelled to Kiev, Ukraine to watch a soccer match while he was a brand ambassador for Lay's Chips where he later admitted to Monique that he kissed one of the women who won the competition on a dancefloor. He later allegedly had sex with this woman in a hotel room.

GoBinge has not yet published the sit-down interview that the YouTube channel did and teased with Monique Muller more than a week ago, in which she talks about how Katlego Maboe had allegedly physically attacked her and how he cheated on her.

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TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 31 October 2020.

Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:

■ Cheating scandal of Outsurance frontman and SABC3 Expresso presenter Katlego Maboe:

- Close confidant dishes to YOU magazine in cover story: "The person you see on TV isn't the real Katlego". (subscription required)

-  Monique Muller reveals: Katlego Maboe allegedly infected her with the sexually-transmitted disease (STD) HPV after a trip to the Ukraine sponsored by Lay's Chips for which he was a brand ambassador.

- Monique Muller now has a protection order against Katlego Maboe who isn't allowed to come anywhere close to the Seapoint flat where they lived.

- A week after teasing a teary sit-down, GoBinge interview on YouTube with Monique Muller fails to materialise.

■ BBC orders staffers "not to express personal opinion" on politics, public policy or controversial subjects on social media.

- BBC journalists question, poke fun at BBC over tougher rules - including Huw Edwards.

- BBC journalists no longer allowed to "virtue signal" in social media crackdown.

- Confusion as new BBC boss Tim Davie says BBC staff can attend Pride marches after all.

- Tim Davie: "No ban on attending Pride parades."

■ Star Wars: The Mandalorian a Disney+ hit - but the streamer has little else.

Because of Covid-19 the Disney+ streamer would have had a lot of other new TV series by now ... all delayed.

- Ending of season 2's first episode explained.

- Second season "won't move far, far away from what worked last year."

- Is that Boba Fett??

- Timothy Olyphant's perfect, perfect haircut.

- How Baby Yoda became the biggest meme star in the galaxy.

More Star Wars: The Mandalorian reviews:

- "Writer-director Jon Favreau simply giving audiences what they want"

- "Fine but not great; a hologram of what it could be"

- Ongoing discovery of the Star Wars universe with spectacular results"

- "A metaphor for parenthood as well as old-fashioned science-fiction entertainment"

- "Even if the story is relatively small in scope, the visuals and effects are huge and spectacular"

- "A ton of fun"

- "A very good episode"

■ Fox News (StarSat 261) expands its Fox News International video streaming service to Ireland, Norway, Czech Republic.

■ WATCH: Entertainment Weekly staffers on how American TV will be reshaped by 2020 and challenges that shows might face down the road.

■ CNN International (DStv 401) PR division lashes out at Kirstie Alley in ugly fight over its 2020 American election coverage:

"Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel – just like countless viewers did every time Veronica’s Closet came on TV."

■ Netflix's strategy: More of its own original content but much shorter runs.

■ MGM's costly dilemma as it considered selling its No Time to Die James Bond film to video streaming services.

■ Ultimate Love reality TV wedding on the rocks that MultiChoice Nigeria would have bankrolled.

Rosemary "Rosie" Afuwape and "Kachi" Ucheagwu split which means an end to million naira TV wedding: "I don't need a man that is flippant at every slight provocation, behaving like a woman and wants to show me he is a man in a wrong way."

■  More South Africans unimpressed with the SABC's idea of wanting DStv and Netflix subscribers as well as smartphone owners forced to pay SABC TV Licence fees.

■ The South African public broadcaster officially puts out a request for information (RFI) for a company to provide the SABC with an over-the-top video streaming service.

The closing date is 30 November 2020.

■ YouTubers reimagine new game Among Us as a reality TV show.

Insider says SABC3's cheater Expresso presenter Katlego Maboe is not the man he appears to be on TV, allegedly kissed Lay's Chips competition winner in Ukraine that led to hotel sex.

In new revelations a close confidant of Monique Muller says that away from the cheerful morning TV persona that Katlego Maboe presents to the world, there is a whole other side to the man who cheated on the mother of his child and who allegedly gave her a sexually-transmitted disease (STD) last year after he returned from a trip to the Ukraine that was sponsored by Lay's Chips.

To try and limit brand damage Cardova Productions has taken Katlego Maboe off the air from its weekday breakfast show Expresso on SABC3 this past week while Outsurance rushed to re-edit and scrub all traces of him from all of the insurer's TV commercials.

It follows after the shocking fallout from the video on social media that has gone viral, in which Katlego Maboe is confronted by his former lover and mother of his 2-year old son, Monique Muller. 

In the video, Katlego, dressed in a gown, sheepishly admits to having cheated on her with another woman identified as Nikkita Murray who has since locked her social media accounts.

In the video, Monique Muller accuses Katlego Maboe of giving her an STD that damaged her womb, and in another video she claims that Katlego Maboe allegedly physically abused her as well, saying that "When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him".

Katlego Maboe has since abruptly disappeared from the public eye, only releasing a terse statement, saying that "I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day. We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings".

"In light of the comments made against me, I would like to state that I have never abused my partner," Katlego Maboe said.

Monique Muller got a protection order preventing Katlego Maboe from setting foot in the Seapoint flat in Cape Town that they used to share.

In new revelations in the latest 5 November issue of YOU and Huisgenoot magazines, a close confidant of Monique Muller reveals that Katlego Maboe is not the man that viewers see on TV.

In July this year, Monique discovered that Katlego Maboe allegedly gave her an STD. 

Katlego Maboe apparently travelled to Kiev, Ukraine to watch a soccer match while he was a brand ambassador for Lay's Chips where he later admitted to Monique that he kissed one of the women who won the competition on a dancefloor. 

He later allegedly had sex with this woman in a hotel room.

YOU and Huisgenoot obtained another video in which Katlego Maboe tells Monique that his shameful behaviour is because he thought that being on TV enabled him to engage in this type of behaviour and that he feels terrible about it.

In the video, Katlego Maboe says that when he's on people's TV screens he is forced to smile and look cheerful because it's his work - but that when he's off-camera he doesn't have to keep up a happy and friendly persona.

Following his cheating scandal that has damaged his public reputation and trust, Outsurance has rushed to edited Katlego Maboe out of its "Chencha dai deng" TV adverts, now only showing testimonials of customers without Katlego interviewing them.

Expresso publicist El Broide said in a statement that the SABC3 show "condemns any acts of violence and mistreatment, especially against women and children, and therefore take such allegations very seriously".

"Until such time as the matter has been fully investigated, and pending the outcome, Katlego Maboe will not be appearing on Expresso".

Interestingly, a week later GoBinge has not yet published the sit-down interview that the YouTube channel did and teased with Monique Muller since last weekend in which she talks about how Katlego Maboe had allegedly physically attacked her and how the TV presenter cheater on her.

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Monique Muller does sit-down interview over Katlego Maboe: 'When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him'.

by Thinus Ferreira

Monique Muller, the woman who revealed that the TV presenter Katlego Maboe allegedly gave her a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that damaged her womb after a hotel sex romp with another woman, is set to do a sit-down tell-all interview in which she claims that she got a protection order against him after the first time he physically abused her.

Scandal is swirling around Katlego Maboe who has been removed from Expresso on SABC3 while insurer Outsurance is removing all of its TV commercials starring him "as soon as possible", following his confession of having cheated on Monique Muller with a former Outsurance employee and which led to Monique allegedly getting an STD. 

Monique also claims physical abuse. Her brother Seth Muller alleged that Katlego Maboe also cheated on Monique Muller while she was pregnant with their son and multiple other times.

In a statement, Katlego Maboe said that "I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day. We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings".

"In light of the comments made against me, I would like to state that I have never abused my partner," Katlego Maboe said, but that claim is disputed by Monique who is set to talk about the alleged physical abused she endured.

Monique Muller is doing a sit-down interview with the GoBinge channel on YouTube that released a 1-minute teaser about the upcoming interview.

She reveals that when she met Katlego Maboe, it immediately led to a "one-night stand" and that he ended up staying "at my place for 6 months".

Monique Muller also says that "When the first physical attack happened I got a protection order against him". She also explains how Katlego "admitted to sleeping with this woman". She says "this thing has been so misconstrued. I feel that everything this man has already done to me - the world is allowing him to continue to do".

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