Legal counsel to Nigerian singer Simi has revealed that she and her team have examined more than 5,000 tweets allegedly linked to sustained online trolling and harassment directed at the artiste.
Naija News reports that the disclosure was made by entertainment lawyer and business executive, Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, popularly known as Foza, during an appearance on the JayOnairLive show.
She condemned what she described as prolonged cyberbullying targeting Simi and her husband, Adekunle Gold, questioning the purpose behind what she called coordinated attacks, particularly during the singer’s pregnancy.
“We went through over 5,000 tweets of sustained harassment. And the intention was to ensure that Simi becomes a shadow of herself,” she said.
“And mind you, I’m dealing with someone here that has a baby on the way. I’m not going to sit down and let you do that to my clients. Nobody, even you, if you had a wife that’s about to give birth, you’re not going to allow that to happen,” she added.
She went further to distinguish between defamation and harassment, arguing that repeated online attacks, threats, and coordinated messaging should not be seen as isolated remarks but as a sustained pattern of conduct with legal consequences.
“So now defamation is, I come out and say, hey, Jay did X and X and X on this thing. Defamation, most of the time, is like one or two statements that you make, you know. And for me, it’s like, hey, you have to prove that statement. Harassment is a sustained period of conversation.
“But people need to understand that these are not just mere statements. They have real-life implications, especially for celebrities. When things like this break out, the first thing is all the brands you’re working with start calling you. You start having to explain yourself,” she said.
