The filmmaker Violet Avoid, who was born in Zimbabwe, took her own life a day after turning 33.
Violet, who rose to fame as a result of her appearance in the music video for “Malowe” by Andy Muridzo and Jeetaz Band, allegedly poisoned herself with rat poison. This happened two months after she described how being raped at a work function caused her life to spiral out of control and take a terrible turn.
She disclosed that after a night of wild drinking, she woke up the next morning and found out she had been raped. She expressed confusion and distress, unable to identify the perpetrator who took advantage of her while she was in a drunken stupor.”
Following the distressing discovery, she chose not to confide in anyone, not even her husband whom she had left at home. Instead, she opted to take morning-after pills, hoping to prevent pregnancy.
When she got back home, she didn’t tell her husband about what had happened or report the rape. Guilt consumed her, but she carried on with her life. After a while, she started experiencing the telltale signs of pregnancy and took a test to confirm her suspicions. Startled by this information, she briefly considered blaming her husband for the pregnancy, but that didn’t seem plausible since he hadn’t been home for three months.
Feeling stuck and with no way out, she kept her pregnancy a secret from her husband. But as time went on, her spouse started to notice warning indications and came up to her. She angrily denied being pregnant despite his questions.
The stress and emotional toll took a toll on her health, making her ill. Concerned for her well-being, her husband suggested seeking medical help, but she refused, leading to a heated argument. Matters escalated when her husband’s friend, also her boss, intervened, resulting in a physical altercation. Her husband was seriously injured after her boss knocked him over and he hit his head on the corner of the table.
Upon realizing the extent of her husband’s injuries, Violet’s boss fled the scene, leaving her in a panic. With her husband bleeding and in considerable pain, she urgently sought help from her neighbours, who assisted her in transporting her husband to the hospital.
She was arrested at the hospital when she refused to disclose how her husband had sustained his injuries. After spending several days in prison, she was eventually released when her boss surrendered himself. Upon her release, she resumed caring for her husband, who remained hospitalized. However, following his discharge, her situation worsened dramatically when her husband told her to pack her bags and leave.
With no money, no job or family to turn to or anywhere to go, she left her marital home. Luckily she managed to find a job and accommodation at the Seventh Day Adventist church, where she was now working as a farmer.
