BEVERLY HILLS, January 28, (THEWILL) – Nigerian billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, has opened up on how his former American girlfriend, Autumn Spikes, tried to extort $5 million from him.
THEWILL recalls that Autumn Spikes had stated that the billionaire businessman tried to offer her $15,000 as “hush money” to keep shut.
Aliko Dangote, used the pseudonym, John Doe, aka AD, which stands as the ‘acronym’ for his name wants $30,000 in damages against Ms Spikes, who not only exposed their relationship on social media but also exposed his butt.
According to Premium Times, one of the court documents filed by the plaintiff on January 22, is titled, ‘Complaint petition for declaratory judgment complaint for (about) extortion petition for injunctive relief’.
The document accused Spikes of libel, defamation, cyberstalking and a breach of agreement ”to keep their relationship private and off the social media”.
The document also disclosed that the wealth of the billionaire made him a target for Ms. Spikes, who demanded “meritless claims of $5 million” in the nature of “palimony to which she is not legally entitled”.
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The document further revealed that Ms Spikes had demanded financial help from Dangote to start up her business and he accepted on the grounds that it would be private.
The court document read in part: “Autumn Spikes demanded from the plaintiff assistance as an entrepreneur in a start-up business when there was no loan commitment, nor oral or written promise.
“The plaintiff once announced an oral willingness to provide entrepreneurial assistance to Autumn Spikes on the condition that it be confidential and private.”
However, the billionaire started seeing social media posts and planned media talk shows, which was targeted at exposing him and making him miserable if he refuses to comply with her demanded sum of $5,000,000.
Dangote stated that his “generosity toward Autumn Spikes, if any, has been breached by Autumn Spikes’ exposure and solicitations to media talk shows if he fails to pay her meritless demands”.
According to him, he had the right to stop being generous to Autumn Spikes and he demanded a refund of the funds he had given her to assist her business in the past as he also alleged that Autumn Spikes continued to threaten to put him to false publicity if he fails to comply with the demands.
The document also disclosed the “Defendant has threatened communications on social media, Facebook, Instagram, and otherwise” and Dangote also wants the defendant to be stopped from demanding “payment in exchange for non-disclosure of their relationship”.
The lawyers, explaining why the plaintiff used pseudonyms like John Doe and AD stated that it was to avoid unnecessary media attention.
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