Kudakwashe Mahachi lawyers respond to child abuse allegations

Last week, SuperSport United issued a statement suspending their Zimbabwean winger Kudakwashe Mahachi after “serious allegations leveled against him”

Now, it appears that his ex-wife Marita Ndlovu claimed that Mahachi has been abusing their four years old son. She went on to say the left-footed winger scalded their son with boiling water in South Africa before he smuggled him back to Zimbabwe.

Mahachi’s lawyer Nkosiyabo Sibanda denied that his client burnt the child. “The child was never burnt and at the point of being sent to Zimbabwe he was in good health,” Sibanda said.

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“Regarding matters of him being in Zimbabwe, I will not want to comment because you are aware of stories that have been on social media and threats that he has received publicly. So, I will not want to comment on that matter.

“Our client wishes to advise the public on the allegations that have been levelled against him through various media platforms. Firstly, our client wishes to indicate that he loves his son and what he has seen circulating on various platforms is unfortunate, worrisome and it has tormented him as deeply as it exposed his son’s medical condition, which ought to have been private, but has been made public.

“On the allegations that our client scalded the minor, he wishes to state that he never did such an act to his only son and the stories that he is responsible are a fabrication, malicious and are designed to tarnish him as a successful international footballer with a desire to end the career of Mahachi.

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“With what has happened, our client advises further that he will soon take the legal route to protect his son first and secondly, he will be approaching the courts to deal with the issue of his image. Regarding his son, our client advises that he has tried all efforts to do the fatherly duties towards the minor by providing primary care, medical care and in this instance our client engaged two medical doctors, who are specialists in matters of children’s health.

“The two medical practitioners were barred from assessing the minor child and to provide further medical health care if they were to make a finding that there was such a need. This unfortunate incident has happened and our client is of the view that there are people who are benefiting from the false narrative that has been sold to the public.”