Troubled rapper Emtee, real name Mthembeni Ndevu handed himself over to the police after his heavily pregnant partner opened a case of assault against him at the Midrand Police station. ZiMoja can reveal that the award-winning rapper appeared in court on the same day and was granted R2000 bail.

CASE CONFIRMED

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo confirmed that the Roll-up hitmaker handed himself over to the police. "The police can confirm that the suspect handed himself to the police on Wednesday 08 March and he was charged with assault. He was taken to Midrand Magistrates Court the same day where he was granted R2000 bail." Masondo added that the case was Gender-Based-Violence related.?

AIRING HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY 

A week ago, the rapper went on Instagram live to air his dirty laundry with the mother of his kids. He recorded himself having an altercation with Nicole and her mother. In the video, the rapper can be heard pleading with the two women to leave him alone when his estranged wife Nicole approaches the camera to shows a picture of herself with bruises on her face claiming it was caused by Emtee on Valentine's day but he denies ever hitting her. "This is what he did to me. Show them what you did to me, how you beat me up on Valentine's Day. Here's the proof,' she said with her phone in hand. Nicole continued to say: "Beat me up while I'm seven months pregnant,'

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PHYSICAL ABUSE CLAIMS

In 2020, Emtee revealed that he had been physically abused by Nicole and her family. According to Emtee, the abuse has been going on for some time. "Both mother and daughter took turns choking me trying to suffocate me. Now the weightlifting brother is threatening to kill me,' wrote Emtee. He also shared a screenshot of Nicole threatening to release a video of him highly intoxicated. The rapper came forward to express that the video was manipulated. "I wasn't drunk! I don't drink liquor at all. That was a two litre Fanta Pine. Relax! Might've been high, not drunk. I'm glad she posted it cos as you can see in the video, I'm very calm and at the end I walked away. I didn't respond or talk back bruh. I tried my best to be mature,' he responded to the video. Nicole later responded to the allegations through a statement saying. "I would like to address the false accusations made against me by Mthembeni Ndevu. Firstly, the claim made by Mthembeni that I physically abuse him is completely false and is a fabrication designed to attack my character,' her statement read.