'Pay for my v_rginity'

A heart-broken Bulawayo woman has threatened to sue her boyfriend for allegedly breaking her v_rginity and later "ditching" her for another woman.

Talent Malandu who accused her lover only identified as Martin for breaking off their engagement after he had allegedly "deflowered" her threatened to take legal action against him after his other girlfriend Irene Makasi sued her for disturbing her peace.

Malandu claimed her longtime boyfriend - Martin - reneged on a promise to marry her at the instigation of Makasi.

Malandu's claim and threats came after Makasi accused her of harassing her whenever they meet.

"Talent Malandu is disturbing my peace. Whenever she sees me, she attacks me. On 19 February this year she once assaulted me at my place and took away my keys. On 14 January she tried to attack me but I managed to escape and she followed me.

"I want the court to protect me by barring her from harassing me," pleaded Makasi who was seeking a peace order against Malandu at the Bulawayo Civil Court.

Her accusations didn't go down well with Malandu who in a counter like fashion labelled her a "man-snatcher".

"I caught her in bed with my boyfriend. It is not true that I am harassing her. She is the one who is interfering in my issues with my boyfriend.

"We have been dating since 2014 and given that I was a v_rgin I agreed with him (Martin) that we are not going to engage in sex until marriage. He persuaded me to indulege in sex with him after promising to marry me.

"I started having problems with Martin because of Talent. His father even came to me and apologised after he heard that his son was double-crossing me with Talent. I once told him that if he no longer wanted to marry me he should then compensate me for wasting my time and breaking my virginity.

"Just imagine he wasted my time for three years, broke my v_rginity and lied to me that he was going to marry me and all my pride was taken because of this girl (Irene Makasi)," said an emotionally disturbed Malandu.

The presiding magistrate Tinashe Tashaya who seemed to have been sympathetic with the "deflowered' Malandu "advised" her that if she felt that Martin indeed wasted her time or breach on a promise to marry her after he broke her v_rginity she can sue him for seduction damages.

After the "recommendation" from the magistrate, Malandu said she was going to take legal action against Martin for breaking her v_rginity and breaching a promise he made to marry her.

In his ruling the magistrate however, ordered the parties to keep peace by not verbally, physically and emotionally abusing each other.