Khanyi Mbau has revealed many a sordid detail in her new biography.

The actress and tabloid filler  worked  with City Press’ journalist Leslie Mofokeng to produce a book packed with lewd tales of past lovers, exploitation and abuse.

We learn that Mbau’s formerly rich ex-husband Mandla Methembu was a big fan of sodomy, while another former lover, ancient businessman Theunis Crous, was happy to occasionally forego sex in favor of a good chat.

Mbau said Crous valued her conversational abilities “more than sex”, as his wife and Mbau’s bitter rival, Primrose Crous, is “not that sharp”.

“She’s not Joburg smart. English is not her strong point,” we are told in the biography.

Khanyi also lets us in on the fact that the aged Crous was not the most heroic of lovers.

“Theunis was not that good. He’s got a funny little thing. After the first time I was like: is this is how Primrose rolls? Two kids later? Damn!”

That particular revelation, amongst others concerning the Crous family, has resulted in Theunis (who according to his Twitter page lives “by God’s Rules”) seeking a court interdict to ban the book from being distributed.

According to a friend of the businessman, he and Khanyi formally agreed not to divulge sensitive information about their affair.

“When the two broke up they signed an agreement that they would no longer discuss each other in the press. By releasing this book, Khanyi is effectively breaching the contract,” said Crous’ friend, according to the City Press.

Mbau has denied the existence of any such contract.

“I didn’t sign anything that said I cannot talk about Theunis. I know I cannot contact him – that is all – and by writing the book I am not contacting him,” she reasoned, showing the street smarts he apparently found so alluring.

Crous may be successful in putting a gag on Khanyi, but certain information has already leaked into the public domain. Such as the fact that they apparently first had intergenerational relations while the former Muvhango actress was still with her ex-husband/sugar daddy, Mthembu. In keeping with the damning tone of the book, Mbau described her first time with the wrinkly old suit as “a bit of a disappointment”.

Another passage suggests Theunis was confident he could have Mbau right under his wife’s nose: “Theunis suggested Khanyi spend the night [at his Dainfern home] so he could sneak into the bedroom, but Khanyi refused.”

Mbau takes several digs at former rivals and current enemies in the book. The picture of Mandla, and his apparent taste for abusive behaviours both in and out of the bedroom, is an especially dark one.

At one point in the book, Mbou says of the former journalist’s desire for anal sex: “Mandla loved anal sex. I didn’t. I remember breaking nails clutching the headboard in pain. My gay friends encouraged me to keep at it, promising I would eventually get used to it.”

Mthembu apparently paid whopping R400 000 lobola for the right to marry Mbau, and it seems he felt the sum allowed him to take certain liberties with his young wife. According to Mbau, while she was carrying his child, Methembu smacked her so hard in the face it sent her crashing head first into a nearby chair.

The incident apparently occurred during one of the now struggling Mthembu’s many fits of jealous rage.

“Mandla would beat me until I bled,” she says. “I’d grab him by the scruff of the neck and try to push him over the balcony railing.

“He’d wrestle me to the ground and pull my hair. Then he’d hit me and I’d try to strangle him.

“My last resort was to kick him in the balls, where it hurt. I fought like I was going to die.

“Like a wild animal.”

The fighting was so intense, that  it sometimes left her with confused emotions.

“Today I can rationalise in a mature and calm way … I’d break down after hitting Mandla but while I was screaming and crying I’d beg him to make love to me,” she says.

“Abuse makes you angry and needy at the same time. It leaves you feeling schizophrenic.”

Mbau says her suffering also caused her to lose a unhealthy amount of weight.

“I’d lost myself. I couldn’t recognise the person I’d become. I’d never been that thin in my life from chasing after a man.”

Mbau also claims that the former journalist turned millionaire accused her of conducting an affair with Somizi Mhlongo, despite the fact that the actor is openly gay. According to Mbau, Mthembu said: “You’ve been having sex with Somizi. You went to his birthday party and only came [home] at one in the morning. Are you sure you are even carrying my child?”

Khanyi said she ended the relationship after Mthembu’s list of indiscretions, which also included pushing her down a flight of stairs, trampling on her with his feet and sleeping with a waitress, became way too long.

“We fought almost daily . . . he’d hit me and I’d hit him back,” says Mbau in the book.

Since his fortune dried up, Mthembu has been avoiding the media spotlight, and attempts to contact him proved futile.

Mbau says her intention with writing the book was not to smear her enemies. Nor is it the last in a long line of attention seeking stunts. Rather, she exaplained to City Press, the book is an attempt to describe her “destination” by detailing the sordid, superficial road that has brought her there.

“I wrote my book as a trail of my history and origin, defining my destination,” she highbrowed.

“I am not out to expose or destroy anyone. I am past that,” she said, while levitating in the lotus position.

The Queen of Bling also shares a few tails of debauchery that don’t involve wealthy old men. She was once allegedly prohibited from entering the  J&B Met because of her wardrobe, or lack thereof.

Last year, badly shot nude photographs of Mbau were leaked online. Having already sold pictures of her baby to a magazine, and attracted negative attention for her obsession with cosmetic surgery,  her popularity has taken a nosedive of late.

Is the Bio just another attempt to attract the spotlight, for however fleeting a time. Or does she need the cash?

Probably a bit of both.

The176-page hard cover will soon be on sale at leading book stores for R250.