This follows a R5 million lawsuit against her and her friend and TV producer Tumi Maimela which was filed by Vivari Aesthetics, as reported by Sunday World on Sunday, 20 August.
Speaking to The Citizen, The 947 radio host said that the matter is with her legal team and they are the ones looking into the dispute over the alleged unpaid surgery bill.
R5 MILLION LAWSUIT
Sunday World reported that Maimela, whose company Redwood Productions is behind Thabethe’s reality show titled Unstoppable Thabooty, wrote to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) following their near-death experiences after surgeries conducted by Vivari Aesthetics.
According to the lawsuit by the cosmetic surgery clinic, Thabethe and Maimela went under the knife in exchange for airtime and marketing on Unstoppable Thabooty on BET Africa, DStv channel 129.
The clinic said that it agreed to perform a 360 liposuction surgery worth over R180 000 on Thabethe and a 360 liposuction, mastopexy, and Brazilian Butt Lift, worth over R340 000, on Maimela. However, Vivari claims that the pair did not give it airtime in the reality show, neither were the bills settled as they reportedly only received R100 000 from Thabethe and Maimela.
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