BEVERLY HILLS, January 31, (THEWILL) – Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is petitioning a court for a gag order against his ex-girlfriend of nearly 10 years, Autumn Spikes. The petition which is before the Miami Dade County court in Florida, will be heard on February 9.
Dangote, who said he anticipates an onslaught of social media, as threatened by Spikes, is appealing to the court to grant him “the protection” of “a preliminary restraint before evidentiary hearing” in his suit to prevent her from exposing his private and family life on social media and media talk shows.
Dangote’s lawyer, Bruce Fleisher, stated in the petition that the defence lawyer, Paul Petruzzi, “has not agreed to accept service of process”, but “this complaint has been provided to him immediately upon filing”.
In the petition, Dangote accused Spikes of attempting to extort him of $5million in the form of an alimony.
He contended that his business acumen has made him a target for coercion by the defendant, adding that Spikes demanded meritless claims of $5 million in the nature of palimony to which she is not legally entitled to, having never been married to her.
Spikes had, on January 1, posted a viral video showing herself and Dangote with part of his buttocks exposed.
Following Dangote’s break up with her after going against their ‘non disclosure agreement,’ Spikes in an Instagram post, said Dangote insultingly offered her $15,000 and another $2,500 monthly for the NDA which she claims she was pressured to sign.
She also denied threatening to expose her private affairs with Dangote to the public, adding that the businessman had no admissible evidence to prove she made such threats, expressing confidence that the suit would be dismissed by the court.
Also, the court gave Spikes about three weeks from the day she was served with the suit to file her response.
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