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October 7, 2013

Power FM Boss Lays Extortion Charges, Following Rape Claims

Power FM owner, Given Mkhari says he plans to lay charges of extortion and trespassing against a a 25-year-old media studies student and Vodacom service centre employee who has accused him 0f raping her. The unnamed woman laid the charge of sexual assault against the PowerFM co-founder eight months after the alleged incident. Mkhari says he is the victim of a targeted campaign of harassment.

Power FM owner, Given Mkhari says he plans to lay charges of extortion and trespassing against a a 25-year-old media studies student and Vodacom service centre employee who has accused him 0f raping her. The unnamed woman laid the charge of sexual assault against the PowerFM co-founder eight months after the alleged incident. Mkhari says he is the victim of a targeted campaign of harassment.

Mkhari claims that the woman fabricated the rape claim and blackmailed him in a bid to extort R20 million from the radio tycoon.

Read Mkhari and his accusers version of events, HERE.

[Source : City Press]