TV actress Amanda du-Pont failed to protect her younger sister from her then boyfriend, Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye, by allowing the young girl to share a bed with the couple after he raped her in her presence.
She also did not file criminal charges against Maarohanye, claiming a female cop at Mondeor police station refused to assist her, even though she could have sought help from the station commander or other officers.
Also, the witnesses she gathered to corroborate her evidence had a different story to tell.
The former Muvhango thespian did not produce medical evidence to substantiate her rape and assault allegations against the Uyajola 99 presenter.
These were legal representations Maarohanye’s lawyer Adv Ntsako Baloyi, submitted to the National Prosecuting Authority to withdraw charges against the musician.
Du-Pont told the police that Maarohanye raped her several times, sometimes in the presence of her sisters, when they were dating about 20 years ago. She also said that during one of their arguments, Maarohanye choked and suffocated her repeatedly until she keeled off.
In one of the incidents in 2007, her younger sister was sleeping on the floor of her apartment, while the other one, who was 11 years-old, was sharing the bed with her. She said Maarohanye raped her in the presence of her sisters.
However, Baloyi punched holes in her evidence, saying the charges were vexatiously manifested after the artist’s interview on MacG Podcast and Chill on or about December 1, 2021, where he said that he “smashed” her.
“It is more specifically because of the ‘smash’ word he used that landed him in trouble and nothing else ,” argued Baloyi.
Baloyi said Du-Pont seemed to have been living her life undisturbed, unprovoked, and possibly happily married until December 2021, when Maarohanye conducted the interview, in which he used the word.
“One ponders to reason as to whether it was a concealed or secret affair in her marriage or what was going on or what is the exact issue, only the first complainant can proffer [an] explanation.”
Baloyi said Du-Pont also contradicted her initial story in Move magazine, which stated that although she was raped a while ago, she exculpated him by saying he was not the perpetrator. He said that when Du-Pont was asked by the journalist if the perpetrator was Maarohanye, she replied it was not him.
Baloyi said she even told Move, “If you write that Jub Jub raped me, I swear I will sue you.”
Baloyi said a victim who endured abuse and rape over a period of about three years would not be quick to defend the rapist.
He further said Du-Pont abused the law without due regard for the repercussions.
“The possible repercussions, among others, are that it may play to the detriment of other women who are involved in genuinely dire and abusive relationships. ”
Baloyi also said he did not buy Du-Pont’s version that she tried to open a case at Mondeor police station. “Despite there being other police personnel, station commanders, and others, and/or obviously other police stations nearby, a person of her calibre instead decided to leave the police station and carried on with her life without pursuing the matter further,” he stated.
He further asked why Du-Pont allowed her younger sister to share a bed with her and Maarohanye after he allegedly raped her.
“And with the lack of physical evidence, the prosecution has an exceptional weight to carry in proving that the applicant is in fact guilty of the allegations against him. If the witness testimonies are not reliable and/or cannot sustain the guilt of the accused and/or absence of sufficient evidence to prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, the state must withdraw all charges forthwith.
The prosecution should not allow court processes to be abused in this manner as it is increasingly becoming habitual in the media spaces that black South African males who are in the spotlight are continuously being falsely accused of alleged sexual assault incidences and the women are allowed to use the courts,” read papers.
The state withdrew the case.
