Lebo M gags ex-wife Samuels for calling him a tax fraud

Composer says utterance seeks to sully his name

- By Ngwako Malatji

Internationally acclaimed composer extraordinaire Lebohang “Lebo M” Morake has interdict-ed his ex-wife Pretty Samuels from calling him a tax fraud, among other things, after she did so during their fight over his Ri.2-million grand piano, which she allegedly stole from a rented storage facility in Sandton, Joburg, last month.

Morake received the urgent order to gag Samuels from the Johannesburg High Court last month, and he intends to sue her at a later stage.

Samuels and another person called Erin, who apparently bought the piano, were cited in the application for interdict as the first and second respondents, respectively.

The order, which Sunday World has seen, reads as follows: “Pending the institution of defamation action against the first respondent to be instituted within 30 days of this order, the first respondent is ordered to retract any defamatory statements concerning the first applicant from all relevant social media. The first applicant is interdicted from further publishing any defamatory statements against the applicant.