The owner of a guesthouse in Bloemfontein claims to have been assaulted by DJ and music producer Mobi Dixon while he was in the Free State for a performance.

He allegedly returned from his gig at a popular night spot in Westdene at 05:00 on Sunday May 21, accompanied by three women and a man. The owner had told him guests were not allowed visitors in their rooms.

The owner, who has asked to remain anonymous, claims Mobi Dixon told the receptionist that he did not intend to have visitors when asked upon his arrival on Saturday.

On Sunday morning, however, she was woken by a security guard, saying he had problems with a guest. She went to diffuse the situation.

When she got there, the musician and his friends were sitting in the common area, but as there was another man present, she could not pinpoint Mobi Dixon. She kept on asking, “Who’s the guest here?”

He and his entourage allegedly ignored her, but she eventually got an answer from his visitors. She then told him that he knew the rules not to bring people into the guesthouse, especially because he had been asked whether he would have visitors.

The guesthouse owner claims the asked him to stop making a noise and tell his visitors to leave as other guests were sleeping.

She alleges that Mobi Dixon said ‘under no terms’ were they going anywhere. She also alleges that he asked whether she knew who he was and ordered her to go back to bed and ‘sleep next to her husband because she has no say’.

After more words were exchanged, Mobi Dixon asked his company to leave. But he insisted that one of the women stay behind, alleges the guesthouse owner.

She says because the woman seemed uncomfortable, she instructed her to also leave to try to avoid any further commotion.

“He became aggressive when I said she couldn’t stay and pulled on her arm and insisted that she stayed.”

The owner claims she got in a scuffle over the female visitor. The DJ ‘put his arm around her neck, in a semi-loving motion but you could see there was aggression behind it. The lady’s eyes (grew larger) during the confrontation. She seemed scared’.

“As he let go of her, he slapped me in the face with the back of his hand and pushed me over, I went flying.”

The guesthouse owner claims she suffered injuries to the back of her head, her elbow, and ribs. “I busted my elbow pretty badly … I suffered a slight concussion; my ribs were bruised and so was my back.”

She says the guest decided to leave as the confrontation seemed to have escalated. The DJ allegedly continued to verbally assault and threaten her.

He started arguing with another guest and was escorted off the premises by the security guard.

The guesthouse owner says she packed his belongings while he was waiting outside on the pavement before he left in a taxi.

Free State police spokesperson, Thabo Covane, confirmed that the owner laid a charge of common assault at the Park Road Police Station. The case is still under investigation.

The owner alleged that one of the musician’s guests also laid a charge against him, but this could not be confirmed at the time of publishing.

OFM News sent an inquiry to Mobi Dixon, but he has not responded.