Big Brother Africa star, Uti Nwachukwu, has revealed how he handled the rape allegation that was levelled against him by Twitter user, Kambili Korie.
Pearlsnews recalled back in 2020, one Korie tweeted and accused the actor, Uti ( whom she claimed she met in 2017) of raping her.
In a chat with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, he said seeking the opinion of lawyers and involving the police helped him to address the case.
“The luck I had was that it was a troll account. When I saw it, I just said I’m not taking this because I have learnt to ignore all those things, but I was so disappointed when I saw blogs feasting on it.
“I hate the fact that I had to go to those length to prove it was a lie.
That’s one of the ills of the social media. I would have ignored if it were to be other things, but because rape is such a huge allegations, I went about it in a legal way.
“It was one of the moments where I had to consult my very good friend. With my trusted circle, I was able to get different takes. I spoke with my lawyer and at every point, he would tell me what to say.”
Nwachukwu also revealed that the rape allegations taught him to always exercise caution when associating with people.
“That experience is like God telling me, ‘you need to be careful who you associate with’. That was just an internet robot, imagine if it’s a real human being. We tried to find the person, but the person closed the account and ran away.
“I filed a police report and they started working on it, but the person was using a VPN, so locating the face behind the account was a task. I’m glad it turned out that way because it made it easy for me to prove my innocence.”
