'Ultimatum' U.S court gives ex-mistress 20 days to respond to Dangote’s suit

A U.S court has given an ultimatum to Autumn Spikes, an ex-mistress of the African richest man, Aliko Dangote, to respond to his libel suit.

A copy of the court’s ‘civil action summons’ obtained on Friday, said Ms Spikes has “20 calendar days” from the day she is served with the wealthy Nigerian suit to file her response.

Ms Spikes has said she has yet to be served the court documents.

Reports had been made how Mr Dangote, used a pseudonym, John Doe, to file a libel suit against Ms Spikes for allegedly trying to extort $5million (about N1.9billion) from him.

He is seeking damages “in excess of $30,000” (about N11.4million) against Ms Spikes.
Court warns

A copy of the summons issued by a Deputy Clerk of the Miami-Dade County Court in Florida, U.S, on January 26, warning Ms Spikes against failing to respond to the suit on time.

Titled, ‘IMPORTANT,’ the court summons warned Ms Spikes she could lose the case if her response was filed late.

The document added that her late response to the suit could also cost her her wages and money, and that her property might thereafter be taken “without further warming from the court.”

It read in part, “A lawsuit has been filed against you. You have 20 calendar days after this summons is served on you to file a written response to the attached Complaint with the clerk of this Court.