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| Girls Sexual Assaulted But Oprah is the one Devastated By School Scandal, | |
| 2007-11-05 | |
| Winfrey Speaks Out; Dorm Matron Charged With Indecent Assault Against Girls At S. African School: Video at link Do not know where to start with this one. The children are the ones hurt but somehow Oprah is the victim. I have to admit bias here. Remembering how after 9-11 she canceled an overseas troop visit because she to busy with her book club. (CBS/AP) Calling the allegations of abuse at a school she founded in South Africa "one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating experience of my life," Oprah Winfrey appeared as part of a press conference detailing the investigation of child abuse which led to the arrest of a school employee. Last month, a 27-year-old dormitory matron at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy south of Johannesburg, South Africa, was suspended in connection with allegations involving indecent assault and soliciting under-age girls to commit indecent acts. Oprah it is OK, it's just their culture Tiny Virginia Makopo faces 13 charges of indecent assault, assault and criminal injury committed against at least six students aged 13-15 and a 23-year-old at the school. "When I first heard about it I spent about a half-hour going around my house crying," Winfrey said at a news conference. Winfrey, who joined the press conference via satellite from Chicago, said she was grateful to finally being able to speak about the events, as police investigators has asked her to remain silent while the investigation was being conducted so as not to jeopardize the case.
Assuming this really happened "I was, needless to say, devastated and really shaken to my core when I first heard this news," Winfrey said. Imagine how the girls are feeling Oprah She spoke with the founder of the Child Trauma Center in Houston, Dr. Bruce Perry, who informed her that, under U.S. law, suspected child abuse must be reported to child protective services, which is also the case under South African law, so she alerted Superintendent Andre Needling and told him that there was suspicion of some kind of sexual abuse. Sounds like the first thing she did was call for legal council. Lawsuits to be filed in 10, 9, 8... "I told Andre that I wanted to conduct an independent investigation to determine what exactly had happened and that I would appreciate his advice and his guidance in this matter." Needling said his department would work in cooperation with the school's investigation. No mention of worries for the children | |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #11 This is going to leave a mark. If you spent the time and energy trying to stick Bush/Rummy and others for the actions by a few at Abu Ghrab, you're deep in the dodo along with Oprah. While the usual liberal - one set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee, can sell to the members of the inner party, the rest of us in the outer party can see the duplicity in standards. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-11-05 20:39 |
| #10 She had good intentions when opening a school and staffing it with locals Some smart person once said "Trust, but verify". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-11-05 19:19 |
| #9 Nah, JohnQC, more like a copy of "A Million Little Pieces". ;) |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-11-05 19:05 |
| #8 I'm worried about Oprah's diet. This could be a major set-back. A major set back and a major bestseller! |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-05 16:58 |
| #7 Oprah will probably buy all the victims a car. Oprah sure does command a lot of media attention. Some woman who gets raped in L.A. might rate a back page blurb if any at all. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-11-05 15:59 |
| #6 The road to hell is paved with good intentions. She had good intentions when opening a school and staffing it with locals, but without good backgrounds checks and constant oversight, this shit happens. Even in the US. While I applaud Oprah for the intent behind it, I will scold her for her "we are all ok" bullshit line of thought. It is what helped cause the issue. In that part of the world especially where woman are seen as little more than mobile maids and sex toys. The world is an evil place, Opie-rah. If you try to build a oasis of safety against it, ya gotta put up the thorn wall to keep the wolves out. Also, between her and the media making this into Oprah's personal tragedy is just disgusting. This isn't about her. This is about those girls and making the place safe for them. Not for more star time for an over-privileged bitch. If she was completely for the girls, she would state that "This isn't about me." Not bemoaning the fact she spent half an hour wandering around her house crying. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-11-05 15:14 |
| #5 Let's see if Oprah can bring herself to divert some of her massive fortune to the psychological therapy and rehabilitation of the victims. My bet is she will spend more money |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-05 15:14 |
| #4 Tiny Virginia Makopo faces 13 charges of indecent assault, assault and criminal injury committed against at least six students aged 13-15 and a 23-year-old at the school. Well, with a name like Tiny Virgin And, yes, I agree that Oprah is about the most self-absorbed "look at what good I did" person on TV. BUT, she did do this in Africa, after "going off" about inner-city Chicago schools. Kind of like Bill Cosby, she spoke "truth to power" on the issue of inner-City U.S. schools and put her $ where it's REALLY needed. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-11-05 14:55 |
| #3 Good point |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-11-05 13:32 |
| #2 Too bad, Oprah. Maybe next time you might take the time to check your people out instead of assuming they'll just be dazzled into good deeds by your etheral glow... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-11-05 13:24 |
| #1 It is ALL about ME. |
| Posted by: Steven 2007-11-05 13:07 |