Zodwa Wabantu and her Ben 10 boyfriend Olefile “Ricardo” Mpudi are having problems again. This time, Sunday World says that they have broken up and that things are getting bad.
Zodwa seems to have said that they are no longer in love, since they have both gotten restraining orders against each other. Zodwa and Ricardo are said to have gone to the Randburg magistrate’s court’s domestic violence office to get restraining orders.
The two are said to have broken up and Zodwa asked Ricardo to leave her house in Fourways. She went to court because he wouldn’t leave the house, she said.
Zodwa doesn’t want to leave her Ben 10 at home alone when she goes to gigs because she doesn’t trust him anymore.
The reason for Ricardo to apply for a restraining order is not known.
Confirming this to the publication, Zodwa said she does not know why Ricardo would want one because she has not violated him.
“They gave me a form and gave him a form too to fill. I have not completed the form, because after returning home from court, I slept because I was tired. I will complete the form and submit it on Monday,” she said. “He is here, even now. He is in another room and I’m in another room [of the house]….I guess I will only know when the [restraint] order is served on me.”
This is not the first time the two have involved authorities in their beef.
City Press, once reported that Zodwa called the cops on Ricardo in February when he refused to pay for his own Uber. He had asked Zodwa to cover him but she refused. And a fight ensued.
The ride was from Montecasino to Zodwa’s house. It was then alleged that when she refused, Ricardo became violent and started slurring insults in full view of the driver. The publication further alleged that he threatened Zodwa and “forcefully demanded money from her.”
“She came to the station asking police to help her as she was afraid that her boyfriend might physically harm her. So, the police went to her residential area and managed to calm the situation down. Later the boyfriend’s family was called and they apologised to Zodwa, telling her that he is not a violent person,” said a police officer to the publication.
But Zodwa said she was safe and was unharmed by Ricardo.
