Dr Tapiwa Mudyahoto
MASVINGO – Nomsa Mwashita, a Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) student is suing her lecturer Dr Tapiwa Mudyahoto for $5m for pain suffered as a result of alleged sexual abuse.
The lawsuit was filed at Masvingo Magistrates court yesterday.
The claim states that Mudyahoto made sexual advances towards Mwashita and at one point showed her his manhood. Dr Mudyahoto is accused of failing Mwashita in the Physical Education Exams after the latter spurned the sexual advances.
The court papers which are in the hands of The Mirror and filed under case number 234/20 also indicate that Mwashita’s papers were remarked by three lecturers who gave her a pass mark after she complained to the authorities.
The lawsuit was filed at Masvingo Magistrates court yesterday.
The claim states that Mudyahoto made sexual advances towards Mwashita and at one point showed her his manhood. Dr Mudyahoto is accused of failing Mwashita in the Physical Education Exams after the latter spurned the sexual advances.
The court papers which are in the hands of The Mirror and filed under case number 234/20 also indicate that Mwashitaâs papers were remarked by three lecturers who gave her a pass mark after she complained to the authorities.
Mwashitaâs claim follows an earlier $3 million claim by Mudyahoto in December 2020 in which the lecturer accused the former who was one of his 24 students of accusing him of demanding sex for marks after she failed her examinations.