Troubled urban grooves singer Tererai Mugwadi was arrested over the weekend after getting involved in a road traffic accident.
Tererai who is believed to have been driving under the influence of alcohol is alleged to have physically assaulted a female police officer and also insulted some police officers who had attended the accident scene.
“Mugwadi was possibly drunk when she got involved in a road traffic accident.
“Akatukirira mapurisa akauya pascene nemashoko ezvinyadzi ndokuzorova mumwe mupurisa wechidzimai,” said one of the eyewitnesses.
Harare provincial deputy police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Webster Dzvova confirmed Tererai Mugwadi’s arrest to a local tabloid.
Tererai Mugwadi was involved in a road traffic accident around 1 pm on Saturday.
“Police traffic officers attended the scene and during the recording of statements Tererai was reported to have verbally assaulted the officers using obscene language,”said Insp Dzvova.
Tererai was arrested and detained at Rhodesville Police Station.
She is facing disorderly conduct charges
This is not the first time she had a brush with the law. In 2018, she was found guilty of culpable homicide after she was involved in an accident, which claimed the life of Seremani Marvellous.
Meanwhile, in 2019, she once opened up on her 14-year battle with alcoholism which she claims forced her into isolation after vicious attacks from the media and the public.
She described herself as a “functional alcoholic.”
I am a living testimony of a functional alcoholic which once caused me to suffer from minor epilepsy syndromes and I have been battling with it for the past 14 years,” she said.
“The media has managed to be a hindrance in my life with the negative issues that continued to come out which contributed to a series of insults in my inbox and I ended up isolating myself. However, I ascribed to meditation and praying more which really helps a lot.”-iharare
