EXCLUSIVE
A beautician who accused Australian entertainment icon Kamahl of harassment and bullying has broken her silence, as she denies the singer’s version of events and comes forward with shocking new allegations.
Bonney Garay, 38, requested an arrest warrant for violence against the 89-year-old entertainment legend after he allegedly threatened her during a fight over payment of $2,000 she lent to his business in May of the year. past.
Kamahl told 9News that Ms. Garay took him to dinner to ask for business financing and he gave her the money after she agreed to pay him $5 a week.
However, when Ms. Garay sent him a refund, she included a wild accusation in a transaction description text box that sparked the ugly dispute between the couple. There is no suggestion that Kamahl engaged in the conduct charged.
“I just wanted to let you know that your behavior is not acceptable and that you’re lucky I didn’t go to the authorities,” he later messaged the Hey Hey It’s Saturday star.
Bonney Garay, 38, (pictured) has taken on iconic Australian singer Kamahl.
Kamahl has been charged with one count of harassment with intent to cause fear and has a court hearing scheduled for next month.
Kamahl responded: “You’re a liar and a failure and, above all, an ungrateful bitch.”
Kamahl was later charged with harassment and intimidation over the alleged exchange of messages and the matter remains before the courts.
Garay met Kamahl through a mutual friend and insists that he offered her the $2,000 loan without her asking.
Garay said the drama unfolded after Kamahl went to his house for dinner twice last year, and a friend also joined them for the first meal.
During the first visit, he said the entertainer learned about his business and offered to contribute.
“I never asked him for money,” he said.
An alleged text message exchange between Kamahl and a 39-year-old woman he lent money to last year
“He said he wanted to invest in the business, I told him it was fine and I would be happy to pay him back.”
Garay said Kamahl wired him the money a few weeks later and then asked if he could come back to his house for dinner.
She says Kamahl invited himself to her house for the second dinner, when it was just the two of them, but cut the evening short when a fight broke out.
“I didn’t have a third person with me this time,” she revealed before the couple began arguing and “…then I chased him out of the house.”
Ms. Garay claimed that Kamahl then proceeded to bombard her with “continuous messages.”
He said he never expected the alleged incidents to occur because of Kamahl’s age, and that he had initially seen him as a “nice old man.”
However, Mr Kamahl has vehemently denied Ms Garay’s claims, telling Daily Mail Australia they were “absolute nonsense”.
“The reason I was there was because our mutual friend was staying with her and they invited me,” she said.
‘About three weeks later, Bonney said, “Would you like to come to dinner?” ‘I remember it was her daughter’s 11th birthday and I brought her a gift.’
Kamahl said that during dinner Mrs. Garay expressed that her financial condition was terrible and “begged” him for a loan.
He said he felt bad for her and agreed to lend her the money, before transferring $2,000 to her account the next day.
According to her beauty clinic’s website, Ms. Garay is a trained cosmetic esthetician and tattoo artist.
However, he said communication failed until he messaged her a couple of months ago asking for refunds, only to discover the description of the transaction.
“There’s no way he would have invited me there,” he said.
“I didn’t know her that well.”
At the time of the loan, Ms Garay owned a beauty and wellness clinic in the eastern suburbs, offering cosmetic tattoos, facials, reiki energy healing and massages.
Over the past decade, she has run several businesses, including one dedicated to interior design, but two months ago she listed the title of her work on social media as “Female Empowerment Guide at B. Magnetic.”
The singer, who coined the catchphrase “Why are people so cruel?” During his long career in showbiz, he told Daily Mail Australia that he had lent money to people in the past and had been burned and that he “should have learned his lesson.”
Kamahl said he was not taking his medication at the time he sent the message to Ms. Garay and had “reacted on the spur of the moment.”
Three years ago, Kamahl separated from Sahodra, his wife of 55 years, citing marital problems stemming from his social media addiction.
He is due to appear at Sutherland Local Court on a charge of harassment and intimidation on June 7.
Three years ago Kamahl separated from his wife Sahodra after 55 years of marriage.