SOUTH AFRICA: Former matron at Oprah Winfrey girls school appears in court, charged with various crimes including indecent assault

Record ID: 454689

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Former matron at Oprah Winfrey girls school appears in court, charged with various crimes including indecent assault
  • Date: 21st April 2008
  • Summary: (BN10) SEBOKENG, SOUTH OF JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (APRIL 21, 2008) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING INTO COURT SIGN ON COURTHOUSE SAYING 'MAGISTRATE OFFICE SEBOKENG'
  • Embargoed: 6th May 2008 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVA8UGM26QBSBB6LW8GSKEGGHMIZ
  • Story Text: The trial of Virginia Mokgobo, a 27-year old former dormitory matron from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa resumed briefly on Monday (April 21).
    Mokgobo, who entered the Sebokeng Magistrates Court wearing a towel over her head to avoid the waiting media, is accused of indecent and common assault, soliciting a minor to perform indecent acts and verbal abuse, while working for the billionaire philanthropist Oprah Winfrey in the girl's academy.
    The presiding magistrate ordered Mokgobo to show her face before the hearing began.
    The trial was quickly postponed, with Mokgobo who has been granted bail, being ordered to appear again on Friday (April 25).
    Winfrey, who has herself told of suffering sexual abuse as a child, has described the charges against the matron as one of the most devastating experiences of her life.
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