The matter resulted within the collapse of their 20-year marriage, however disagreements between the couple over the compensation to Miss Appiah led to a protracted authorized tussle.
Miss Appiah later sought to assert possession of her ex-husband’s seven-bedroom residence in East Legon as a part of her alimony after their divorce however the Appeal’s Court rejected her declare to the stated mansion.
In 2017, the Accra High Court ordered Miss Appiah to vacate her ex-husband’s seven-bedroom residence and instructed Odartey Lamptey to settle her together with his four-bedroom home at Dome along with a automotive and an quantity of Ghc200,000.
Opening up on his response when he came upon he wasn’t the daddy of the three kids he had raised, Odartey Lamptey stated he almost took a call that would’ve landed him in jail.
“Yeah, I took that decision [to pull a gun], but God spoke to me and since then I haven’t touched my gun. The gun was in my Tundra, but I decided I would not do anything,” he informed Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV.
“I used to be damaged, however I used to be very affected person about it, and that has led me to the place I’m at this time. I imagine it was God who spoke to me, and so I made a decision to not use my gun. It was in my Tundra, however I made a decision to not contact the gun once more.
“I had to control my anger, otherwise I could’ve been in prison by now. And I wouldn’t have been able to have my three children. So sometimes when you get angry, you have to think twice before taking action.”