An aspiring actress and former Lotus-FM traffic reporter who was fired after sexually explicit videos of her were leaked on WhatsApp is fighting back – both against the SABC and the man who allegedly leaked the videos. According to a report on the IoL site, Mishka Gounden is taking the SABC to the KZN High Court after she lost her job at Lotus-FM on 16 July and will next week institute a R1.5m damages suit against popular radio jock, Fahim Jamadar, for defamation.

Reportedly, Jamadar asked her to send the videos in 2016 when it seemed they were developing a romance. She didn’t know, she says, he was married with children and blames herself for acting foolishly. She says the videos have all but destroyed her good name.

Gounden’s lawyer, Yugan Naidu, said the station did not hold a formal hearing or serve a letter notifying Gounden she had breached her freelance contract before terminating it for bringing the SABC into disrepute.

Gounden has also obtained an interim protection order against Jamadar and has opened a case of crimen injuria, accusing him of leaking the private videos. Jamadar strongly denied her claims, both in his answering affidavit and to City Press. He accused his former friend Santosh Beharie of conspiring with Gounden.

Beharie was programme manager at Lotus FM for a decade until, also in July, his contract was not renewed. He is taking the SABC to the CCMA.

Full report on the IoL site