Mercy Aigbe: Why I engaged in brawl with Larrit

Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has spoken about the brawl with businesswoman and Lagos socialite, Omolara Olukotun, well known as Larrit.

A drama had ensued at an event on Sunday when Aigbe and Larrit engaged in a physical fight.

Larrit was seen in a viral video hauling a bottle at the famous Yoruba actress who screamed helplessly.

Aigbe, however, took to her Instagram story on Monday to disclose the reason behind the brawl with the socialite.

Aigbe alleged that she has been bullied several times online by Larrit, adding that the businesswoman called her unprintable names unprovoked.

The actress added that she took it a step further by physically assaulting her while they were at a friend’s store opening to celebrate with her.

She wrote: “I was at a friend’s store opening to celebrate with her. Larrit was one of the guests. This woman, for reasons best known to her, slanders me online at every opportunity she gets.

“She has done many live videos and posts to this effect. I tried to reach out to her to understand what the issues were, but she chose to ignore me.

“Lara and I are acquaintances, I have patronised her business and she also has done otherwise. So I was surprised and confused how she suddenly became an enemy.

“I sent messages to her n WhatsApp, I called a few people close to her to understand why she would decide to be an antagonist. All efforts proved abortive.

“Initially, I kept calm, and didn’t respond to her. People around her appealed to her to stop, yet Lara wouldn’t stop and so decided to stand up for myself and I retaliated with the same energy.

“It became heated and everyone around tried to broker peace, but she still wouldn’t stop. At some point, she tried to throw a bottle at me but it hit a lady sitting in front of her and there was pandemonium.

“I stepped out to leave in the middle of the brouhaha but my friend pleaded with me to stay including the celebrant. I went back in and she started attacking me verbally again. Eventually, she was taken out of the party, and she left.

“She went overboard with her hate yesterday (Sunday). The bottle could have harmed someone and it would become a criminal case. This was an unnecessary attack.

“However, I would like to apologise to fans and family who felt I should have handled the whole situation differently. I’m sorry.

“Moving forward, I am a peace-loving person and would really like to put these whole episode behind me.

“Thank you to everyone who reached out to me. I am very fine, the bottle did not touch me at all as I was far from her. Sadly, it touched someone else but I was told she wasn’t injured and she is also fine,” Mercy Aigbe stated.

The Star