We reviewed over 5,000 online harassments – Simi’s Lawyer

Lawyer to singer Simi has revealed that she and her team have analysed over 5,000 tweets allegedly used in trolling and sustained harassment against the artiste

The disclosure was made by entertainment lawyer and business executive, Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, popularly known as Foza, during an appearance on the JayOnairLive show.

She criticised what she described as prolonged online bullying directed at Simi and her husband, Adekunle Gold, questioning the motive behind what she called coordinated attacks while the singer was pregnant.

“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 during the interview.

She also explained the difference between defamation and harassment, stressing that repeated online attacks and threats should not be treated as isolated comments but as a pattern of behaviour with serious legal implications.

“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.