Some days ago, Dejo Richard, former husband of pretty Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda, was in the news over an alleged crack in his barely two years old marriage to Lamide.
It was reported that his new wife was on the threshold of divorcing Richard over alleged domestic abuse.
Reacting to the story through a press release by his publicist, HOB Media, made available to The Eagle Online, Richards stressed that there is no rancour in his marriage as against what was reported.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to stories circulating about our client, Dejo Richard.
“This story was also unprofessionally reported in Encomium magazine.
“Elements of the story includes Dejo Richard’s marriage crumbling and also that Dejo Richard married his wife for financial gains.
“All these are totally false allegations that will be taken up legally.
“First, none of the publications can provide the proof that the marriage has been dissolved.
“All they reported are hear-says.
“None of the publications, including Encomium, spoke with both Dejo Richards and the wife before they went to press.
“The two got to learn about their own break-up on the Internet.
“On the issue of Dejo Richard marrying for financial gains, it is sad that people do not know who Dejo Richard is and they just write what they feel will make their papers sell.
“Dejo Richard comes from a very influential and financially stable family.
“We will not go ahead and drop names, but his family is well respected.
“Dejo on his own is an entrepreneur who studied in the United Kingdom.
“You will remember that he is one of the founders and co-owners of Question Marks label.
“He owns his own production outfit at the moment and he is producing for TV stations across Africa, London andEurope.
“It is unfair that his name or his marriage is being dragged in the mud.
“Magazines that published the false story without any proof will soon get letters from Dejo’s lawyers.”
Meanwhile, The Eagle Online reliably gathered that Richard, through his lawyers, has already sued Encomium magazine and Linda Ikeji’s blog for peddling what has been termed false rumour about his marriage.
A source close to richard told us that he and his wife have been spotted at different places in the last few weeks, asking how he could then have domestically assaulted his wife.
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