Oprah's school in scandal
By Gavin Prins
October 21, 2007 - 20:20
Henley-On-Klip - A matron at Oprah Winfrey's posh school for girls near Vereeniging apparently "fondled" one of the pupils, and assaulted another.
Rapport newspaper has also revealed that the matron, who is alleged to have grabbed a girl by the throat and thrown her against a wall, is not the only one to have been charged with unacceptable behaviour by girls at Oprah's school.
They claim John Samuel, Chief Executive Officer at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, failed to take action after their first reports of alleged abuse. The drama at the Henley-on-Klip school unfolded when the American chat show queen missed an important Hollywood engagement last weekend, and left for South Africa urgently.
She returned home that Sunday. The matron has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation involving the child protection unit (CPU). Rapport has learnt that Winfrey flew to South Africa again on Friday, to see how the investigation was going. She held an urgent meeting with parents on Saturday afternoon.
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