Prophet Angel's football prophecy lawsuit challenged

South African broadcaster SuperSport has filed an application against a $1,5 million lawsuit launched by Spirit Embassy Church leader Prophet Uebert Angel.

The broadcaster carried a story on their website at the end of December last year claiming that Angel had made a prophecy that Liverpool will win the 2013/2014 English Premiership title.

Currently, the 18-time English champions lead the log standings by two points with four games to go before the season ends and are hot favourites to lift the title for the first time in 24 years.

There has been confusion as to whether Angel will now change the prophecy to say Liverpool will win but his lawyer told the Daily News yesterday that the Spirit Embassy leader had never made such a prophecy in the first place.

Angel's lawyer, Tinashe Tanyanyiwa of Manase and Manase Legal Practitioners said: "Whilst the matter is sub judice we can confirm that SuperSport has filed their plea.

"Our client's position is and has always been that he never made the prophecy and whether Liverpool go on to win the title or not, he does not want credit for it. Attributing that false prophecy to him demeans him."

Although SuperSport is a South African company, Angel in his lawsuit argues that the High Court in Zimbabwe has jurisdiction over the matter since they are represented in the country by their local agent, Multichoice Zimbabwe.

In the past Angel has been quoted as saying:  "I never PROPHESIED Liverpool winning any cup. Don't know where SuperSport got it from. Even if by some chance Liverpool wins don't give me credit."

In an interview with Nehanda Radio on January 1, 2014,  Angel said "This is a typical case of news agents mixing truth and a lie so it sounds believable but as Christians let's hold on to the truth only. We love you all and Jesus loves you more. We respect SuperSport as a great conveyor of news on sports but here they erred drastically by lying."

Angel's aides yesterday insisted that even if Liverpool go on to win the title, he would never want credit for the prophecy as he never made it.Lawyer speaks on