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Nollywood actor Yul Edochie's estranged wife, May Yul-Edochie, has brought her battle against years of alleged internet abuse to a Lagos High Court, accusing her former attorney of being one of the perpetrators.
Yinka Omolola
Theisen, Emeka Ugwuonye, and a number of anonymous social media account
operators on Facebook, Instagram, and X are the targets of the lawsuit, which
was filed through her present attorneys at Greylaw Partners. The lawsuit seeks
permanent injunctions to halt the alleged harassment and force the removal of
contested content from all platforms.
One of the most notable aspects of May's lawsuit is the involvement of a former attorney. She claims that the person who previously represented her in court violated solicitor-client confidentiality by making material from that professional connection publicly available, using privileged access as leverage against her.
Going back to 2022,
when Yul Edochie publicly revealed that he had acquired a second wife, actress
Judy Austin, with whom he had fathered a kid, helps explain why she has been
targeted.
May, who had been married to Yul for more than 20 years and had four children with him, was taken aback by the news. May became one of the most talked-about characters in Nigerian entertainment that year as a result of the almost fully public repercussions, which sparked both sympathy and, from some quarters, persistent animosity on the internet.
That animosity never ceased, according to a 126-paragraph document submitted in support of her lawsuit. She believes that over the course of several years, a concerted effort was launched to degrade her and harm her reputation in the marketplace. This effort included edited photos, AI-generated imagery, made-up narratives, derogatory caricatures, and direct death wishes.
She and her family
were allegedly subjected to direct harassment outside of social media due to
the suspected online release of her personal contact information.
She had tried to settle the dispute out of court. Two of the named defendants received cease-and-desist warnings in September 2025 that demanded takedowns, public retractions, and apologies. Rather, she claims that after earlier accounts were identified, the attacks escalated and new ones were made expressly to carry on.
Beyond emotional
grief, she is pointing to actual financial implications, including lost
endorsements, broken business ties, and reputational harm she believes has
directly hurt her income.
She is requesting ₦500 million from Theisen, ₦1 billion in damages from Ugwuonye, and court orders compelling social media companies to identify and reveal details on the anonymous account operators responsible for the said campaign.
Justice Abdul-Raheem Tejumade Muyideen has ordered that the defendants be served with court proceedings via all known modes of communication. For a service report, the case has been postponed.
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