An adultery allegation raised by a former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation journalist has blown back on the man who made it. The claim has put Mukosi's own troubled marriage on public display, something he presumably never intended. Two figures in the dispute, Jerera and Tibugare, reject the accusation outright. Both say Mukosi cooked up the baseless claims in a bid to enrich himself. The row has grown from a private falling-out into a very public feud. Sides have hardened, with each camp casting the other as the scheming party. What was pitched as a scandal about infidelity now reads as a messy divorce playing out in front of everyone. At this rate, the reputational damage may outweigh whatever any of them hoped to gain.