Oprah winfrey african school sex scandal

The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy School for Girls in South Africa suspended seven students last week for sexually harassing and fondling. A woman acquitted of sexually abusing girls at a South African school set up by the television host Oprah Winfrey has told how the case left. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Feb. 18, — -- Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa is being rocked by a fresh scandal as police.

Oprah Winfrey described it as "one of the most devastating experiences" of her life. Just hours earlier a female employee at the television magnate's exclusive Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Oprah Winfrey’s private South African school has been rocked by its second sex scandal in 18 months. Seven pupils have been suspended from the Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. (Winter/Getty) PHILADELPHIA -- Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Oprah envisioned her elite South African boarding school, The Leadership Academy for Girls, as a symbol of hope for disadvantaged young women. Shortly after it opened, it was rocked by allegations that some of the headmistresses were inappropriately touching and beating the girls. The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy School for Girls suspended seven students last week for sexually harassing and fondling classmates, the New York Daily News reported. The News quoted from a. (Winter/Getty) PHILADELPHIA -- Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South.

Oprah Winfrey described it as "one of the most devastating experiences" of her life. According to a report in a local newspaper, the staffer had allegedly fondled one of the students and thrown a girl against a wall after grabbing her by the throat. Fuller details of the charges against the dormitory matron, Tiny Virginia Makopo, are unlikely to emerge before she appears in court again next month. A tearful Winfrey, for her part, has apologized to the parents of the students and praised the South African police for their swift action. Inside South Africa that praise for a rapid police response may perhaps be the most remarkable aspect of this sad case.