Accused man claims social media star was willing participant in sexual activity Charlie claims Mai Jeremaya told him that she charges US$20 an hour for sex Prosecutor accuses him of lying saying his testimony didn’t show any ‘extras’
MARTIN Charlie, one of the two men accused of gang raping Mai Jeremaya, claimed the social media star was a willing participant who “enjoyed” their sexual act at a lodge in Harare on April 30 and even praised him for being better than her husband in bed.
He told the court yesterday that Mai Jeremaya told him that she charged US$20 an hour for sex.
Judgment in the case will be handed down on Friday.
Charlie said after he picked up Mai Jeremaya in the Harare CBD, they went to a fast food outlet at Joina City before they headed to the lodge.
“After we met on the day in question, in the company of the first accused Thabo Blessing Dube, we went to Joina City where I disembarked and left Mai Jeremaya and Dube sitting in the car.
“I went to KFC where I bought my food and ate there before going back to the car.
“When I came back to the car, Dube advised me that Mai Jeremaya was offering sexual services so I looked back at her to confirm if Dube was telling me the truth, and she said ‘yes’.
“I looked at Dube and we both laughed, then I looked at her again and asked her if she was serious and she said ‘yes’.
“I then asked her of the charges and she said she charged US$20 per hour.
“I then asked her where we would engage in the sexual activity and she said at a lodge,” he said.
Charlie’s lawyer, Shepherd Makonde, asked him to reveal the name of the lodge they went to and he told the court that they went to Paradise Lodge, at number 15 Frank Johnson.
“What would be your comment if the complainant told this court that when you left Joina City you were going for a shoot at some company?” quizzed Makonde.
Charlie responded:
“I dispute that because when we left Joina City we had agreed that we were going to the lodge for sexual activity.”
Charlie was also asked to comment on the claims that he was intimidating Mai Jeremaya on the day in question.
“That’s not true because we were playing music and laughing along the way, no one was afraid,” he said.
Charlie’s lawyers also probed him to respond to Mai Jeremaya’s claims that Dube was the first to disembark upon their arrival at the lodge.
“That’s not true because I’m the one who had agreed to engage in sexual activity with Mai Jeremaya so he had no reason to get inside the lodge,” he said in response.
Makonde added:
“It is claimed that you had forced sexual intercourse with Mai Jeremaya but you have told the court that it was consensual, can you narrate what happened when you got into the room?”
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