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City Press reports that Pearl Modiadie’s R3.5m sexual harassment lawsuit against her former boss and Metro FM station manager Anthony Soglo will be heard in the Johannesburg High Court on 16 May.
The contentious matter, which has been unfolding in the court since September, will be heard after the heads of arguments are filed by legal representatives of both the former Metro FM midday show presenter and the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The SABC) will apparently apply to have the matter removed from the roll on the basis that the allegations are vague or lack the necessary allegation to disclose a cause of action or defence. It was previously reported that Modiadie brought the claim by accusing Soglo of making inappropriate sexual overtones in an email that was addressed to her in November 2019. She also sought to hold the SABC vicariously liable for the incident by claiming that the public broadcaster failed to implement its sexual harassment policy framework when the matter was reported internally. Modiadie argued in her court papers that Soglo was acting in his scope as an employee of the SABC when he allegedly wrote the email in question. “By authoring and sending the email, the second defendant (Anthony Soglo) conducted himself in a manner, which led the plaintiff (Pearl Modiadie) to feel sexually offended, dehumanised, degraded, embarrassed, ashamed and publicly humiliated, and lowered her esteem. By the contents of the email, Soglo intended and/or deliberately meant to convey to the public about Modiadie that she is available on call for sex provided time for her to be available is properly arranged by her pimp (Tumza),” read her court papers.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mduduzi Nonyane at City Press (subscriber access only)
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