Nigerian rapper William Orioha, professionally known as 2Shotz, has revealed how his life and music career were heavily affected after actress Beverly Osu accused him of assault.
Naijaonpoint reports that the veteran artiste, while appearing as a guest on the Teju Babyface show, explained that the allegation came long before his marriage and that he was unaware of how it would escalate.
He said the situation began when Beverly Osu, who had appeared in one of his music videos, visited his home several times.
Conflicts arose between them, and during one disagreement, he accidentally brushed her face, which she labeled as assault.
2Shotz said the accusations spread widely and caused him to lose not only professional opportunities but also personal stability.
According to him, he was cut off from shows, deals, and even lost his home.
He also revealed that the controversy affected his family life, leading to the end of his marriage and separating him from his daughter.
He described the emotional toll as overwhelming and admitted that he had even contemplated ending his life at one point before being rescued by friends.
He said: “I was accused of so many things that I really am not. Everybody tore me apart. And at the time I was in the United States. And the wife I had then, I didn’t know she was taking note of how she was going to use that to destroy me.
“It had happened a long time before I got married. I didn’t even know that it was a thing in the first place. She had always come to my house and be around. You know how girls are. You go give, you go drop. You want to be a model. So, you were in my video and then after a while you started coming to my house a couple of times. You wanted to be my girlfriend. Anyway, long story short, we were scuffling, we were arguing, and I was like, ‘I don’t understand why your mum will be calling me. I haven’t even seen you in months. Where have you been? Why is your mum calling me?
“The other time, I woke up and my friends came to tell me that I had engaged Beverly and that it was all over the place. Anyway, I was trying to scuffle with this girl. I am not a violent person. Yeah, we scuffled and during that scuffle my hand brushed her face and she called it beating. If I had beaten you, it would show now.
“It actually cost me my marriage. It actually cost me my daughter. I haven’t seen my daughter once. Everything went down. I wasn’t getting shows. I wasn’t getting deals. I lost my house. I almost killed myself. I walked into water and people pulled me out.”
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