New evidence from Nellie Tembe’s close friend pins AKA as a murder suspect?
Well AKA is in big trouble and he has to man up and come with some confessions. In the wake of her fiancee suicide, the Hip Hop star has found himself trending for the wrong reasons. A friend of the late Anele “Nelli” Tembe has spoken out about the abuse she suffered, allegedly at the hands of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes.
The close friend who handed in some crucial evidence pinning Super Mega to the ongoing case has it that the star pushed Nelli to the limits.
She has provided police with a copy of a video Tembe gave to her in March in which Forbes can be seen breaking down a wooden door in their Bryanston apartment. Forbes has lamented the fact that their “deepest troubles” are being used to fuel a negative narrative of his character.
Almost a month before Anele “Nelli” Tembe fell to her death at a Cape Town hotel on 11 April this year, she locked herself inside a room to hide from her fiancée, Kiernan “AKA” Forbes.
In images circulating the media, the award-winning rapper can be seen using his hands to violently break down a wooden door to enter the bedroom in their apartment in Bryanston, Johannesburg where Tembe was hiding. The incident is alleged to have taken place on 13 March.
A close friend of Tembe, who has now spoken out, says Tembe told her that Forbes smashed her face against a wall during a fight in their apartment after which she locked herself in the bedroom.
New evidence from Nellie Tembe’s close friend pins AKA as a murder suspect?
“She then sent me the video of the attack. AKA is so violent in the video that he breaks down the door of the room that Anele had locked herself in, whilst escaping his blows, with his bare hands. This is an attack that I want women to be shielded from,” the woman, who requested anonymity out of fear of intimidation, wrote in a statement to the publication.
Her friend has also provided Cape Town police, who are conducting an inquiry into her death, with a copy of the video. She wrote:
In the past few weeks, following the passing of my close friend Anele Tembe, I have been meditating and seeking guidance on what it is that I am to do in order to exercise my rights and to deliver on my responsibilities as a young adult in a country that fails to adequately protect its women and girls. The responsibility that I have is towards the many women and girls in this country, especially young women such as myself, who remain impressionable.
“Anele Tembe, who was dating and later [became] engaged to Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes, was a victim of severe violence at the hands of AKA. Anele was on numerous occasions physically and emotionally abused by AKA. My beloved friend was a victim of gender-based violence (GBV). As women, we are too quiet about the abuse that is happening behind closed doors. We must speak out! I am today speaking out.”
According to the woman, Tembe recorded her fiancée, breaking down the door in their Bryanston apartment. He had allegedly smashed her face against a wall during a fight, and she ran to the bedroom to escape. Tembe allegedly gave the footage to her friend, who also came to her rescue after the attack.
Three pictures show Tembe in shock and pain after the alleged assault. She went to her friend’s house, who assisted by putting bags of frozen food on her bruises.
“Anele, on many nights, sought protection from those close to her whenever AKA, whom she said became extra violent whenever he had taken drugs, attacked her. We often picked up Anele from AKA’s house in the early hours of the morning following endless attacks on her by AKA,” her friend said.