Popular music promoter and Star FM DJ Simbarashe Maphosa aka Godfatha Templeman is under fire after he allegedly kidnapped a teenage girl and exposed her to dru_g abuse and liquor for three days.
The DJ answering to kidnapping charges and he was remanded out of custody to May 22 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande on Friday.He had been on remand for two weeks after Mazhande ordered him to apply for bail at the High court.
On Friday his case was postponed as his lawyer was attending a family bereavement.
The court heard that the DJ who co-hosts the Dancehall Remedy show on Star FM on Thursdays held the teenager in bondage for three days without the knowledge of her parents.
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He purportedly unlawfully detained the complainant whose identity is being protected and deprived her of her freedom.
The court also heard that Maphosa took the girl to Beitbridge without the knowledge of her parents where he spent three days and three nights with her.
Prosecutors also allege that the DJ exposed the complainant to situations where she would consume drugs and liquor.
Linda Gadzikwa appeared for the State.
Originally by New Zimbabwe
