A police officer, who cannot be named because he is not allowed to speak to the media, said Lerato who is 23, downloaded the clip from a phone belonging to Black Coffee’s concubine at a restaurant in Welkom.
Black Coffee’s side dish allegedly left her cellphone with Lerato briefly, to go the ladies…After downloading the clip, Lerato took down the DJ’s number.
Lerato then phoned Black Coffee after a few days and demanded R100K to buy her silence. She threatened. To leak the video on social media if he did not pay up. Black coffee who is currently on tour in the UK, then pleaded with the woman not to leak the clip. He promised to R30K after complaining that R100K he couldn’t afford, he later phoned Lerato and asked to pay R20K and settle the outstanding R10K upon his return.
His manager Amaru phoned Lerato and asked her to come to Spar Supermarket in Vorna Valley in Midrand said the police source. Another policeman said Black Coffee’s manager tipped off the Hawks that Lerato was extorting money from them. The two then arranged with the hawks to pounce on Lerato when they handed her the money. It is confirmed that Lerato was arrested and denied bail when she appeared in the magistrate’s court in Midrand on Thursday.
She will appear again in court for a formal bail hearing this week.