She is one of Mzansi's most adored actors. But a recent report has taken her from the number one spot of most-loved actress to being labelled a homewrecker, which has had an impact on her career and reputation. Actress Katlego Danke was recently accused of being a mistress and was impregnated by married business mogul Dr. Patrice Motsepe. These reports were made by a few slapdash tabloids and bloggers. The platforms claimed she was also expecting a second baby by the grandee. Both actress Katlego and Patrice have denied the allegations and have handed out legal documents to some of the tabloids and asked them to ever-so-kindly retract the statements before taking the legal route. 

DEFAMATION

In a legal letter seen by ZiMoja and sent to one media house, Katlego represented by Mabuza Attorneys threatens to take the matter to the High court, should the media house not retract, apologise and remove the false reports. The letter reads, "We are instructed that on 7 March 2023, you published and/or disseminated a tweet on your Twitter account which is false and defamatory of our client. To date, the tweet has been viewed by 2.2 million Twitter users and has 2096 retweets. The tweet reads as follows: Dr. Patrice Motsepe and Katletgo Danke are allegedly expecting their second child. All you need to know about Patrice Motsepe and Katlego Danke's affair of interest is that Mzansi has been trying to connect the dots regarding her husband, who remains a mystery. Danke will be welcoming her second-born. There is a centre of controversy when it comes to her first son. Motsepe is said to be the mysterious father of Katlego Danke's son. Danke gave birth to a son in 2014, which has often been reported to be billionaire Patrice!'

DENYING EVER BEING ROMANTIC WITH MOTSEPE

 In the document, Katlego denies that she has ever been romantically involved with Patrice Motsepe. "The tweet is individually and/or cumulatively, demonstrably false and/or constitutes actionable defamation of our client. It is based on gossip. It is deliberately and maliciously intended to, and in any event has the effect of, insulting the dignity of our client, diminishing her professional and social standing, and portraying her as a homewrecker and a person with loose or no morals,' the legal document goes on to say. "For the record, Ms. Danke categorically denies that she (a) is or has ever been in a romantic relationship with Dr. Patrice Motsepe; (b) has any children with Dr. Motsepe; and (c) is pregnant at the moment.'

CAUSING DAMAGE

 According to her lawyers, the rumours have been severely damaging to her career and she is in the process of calculating the damages suffered as a result of your conduct."In the interim, we are instructed to demand, as we hereby do, that: you should forth with delete the tweet mentioned in paragraph 3 above; you should issue an apology to our client. The apology should feature prominently on the front of all of your social media pages, including as a post on your Instagram page, a highlight in your Instagram story, Facebook post, TikTok, and pinned on the landing page of your Twitter page; and you should undertake to immediately refrain from making any further defamatory statements about our client,' the legal team says. This all needs to happen no later than 12h00 on Friday, 17March 2023 and failure to do so will result in Katlego taking the necessary steps to protect her rights, including but not limited to approaching the High Court for appropriate relief, without giving any further notice to you.