everything after he was arrested and put in jail for alleged
rape. Something he never did and said if the police had
checked his phone when they were investigating the false
accusation, they would have realised that.
The businessman, who once dated David Beckham's sister
Joanne Beckham, said his reputation has been destroyed
and he lost his business because of this false claim by a
woman he met on the internet and is now suing the police
for failing to investigate properly, malicious prosecution and
wrongful imprisonment.
According to UK Daily Mail, Modupe-Ojo,was
arrested at his home in Cheshire shortly after spending two
days with the woman. His accuser gave a harrowing but
entirely false account of being tied up and moved around
the north-east of England against her will, after a sexual
encounter turned terrifyingly violent.
Kayode, who has lived in Britain since the age of three,
was dragged from his bed by the police, handcuffed and
questioned for three days without legal representation
before being charged with multiple counts of rape and
kidnapping.
On the basis of the woman’s lies, Durham Police declared
he was ‘a danger to women’ and he was remanded in jail
for three weeks.
Last week the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee
called for people accused of sexual offences to be given
anonymity. Mr Modupe-Ojo’s lawyer has referred the
case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Paul Schofield, of Farleys Solicitors, said: ‘It illustrates
the flaws of a legal system that names and shames those
accused of sex crimes, without giving them any protection
when the accusations turn out to be untrue. Even though it
was obvious in court that the woman lied and lied, she is
still protected by the legal system because no criminal
charges have so far been brought against her.
'As things stands she has a lifetime anonymity while my
client remains tainted by the abhorrent stigma of a rape
charge. It’s also clearly a case that would not have gone to
trial if the police had done their jobs correctly. It was as if
they couldn’t be bothered.’
Mr Modupe-Ojo was acquitted when his trial at
Newcastle Crown Court collapsed last year due to glaring
discrepancies in the prosecution case.
But he said that by then the damage had already been
done. ‘The judge directed the jury to acquit me, but my
reputation was left in tatters,’ he says. ‘There are people
out there who think, “no smoke without fire”.
‘It is grossly unfair that my details have been in the media,
while my accuser gets away without a blemish to her
name. Rape is one of the most repulsive crimes there is.
‘A false claim not only ruins the lives of innocent men, but
it damages their families. I did nothing wrong and yet this
case almost destroyed me.’
He is supporting demands that men accused of rape also
remain anonymous, unless convicted.
What Mr Modupe-Ojo describes as ‘the most terrifying
period’ in his life began in August 2013 when he responded
to a ‘friend request’ on Facebook from a beautiful blonde
woman he had never met before. The law prevents us
from naming her even though the court found her
allegations to be entirely false
He says: ‘She was very attractive. We texted and
Skyped each other before meeting. She was the driving
force behind our meeting and I was flattered by her
attention.’
During their time together Mr Modupe-Ojo took the
woman to restaurants, a club and they stayed in two hotels
which she booked and paid for. He also drove her home to
pack an overnight bag and spent 30 minutes talking with her
mother.
‘My accuser was alone in her room upstairs and could have
used her phone to call for help if I had been the mad rapist
she made me out to be,’ he added. ‘I told all of this to the
police questioning me.
'I also gave them the passwords to my phone and laptop so
they could check the correspondence between us.’
He still has text messages she sent after they parted. There
were also numerous CCTV images of the pair cuddling,
kissing and holding hands.
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