Oprah Winfrey says she’s disappointed by school abuse case verdict
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Monday said she was not satisfied with the acquittal of a woman accused of abusing students at the her South African girls school.
Tiny Virginia Makopo, 30, was found not guilty of allegations that she improperly touched several teenage girls when she was a matron at the campus near Johannesburg soon after it opened in 2007, the South African Press Association reported Monday.
“We began this child molestation trial in July 2008,” Winfrey said in a written statement. “More than two years later, I am profoundly disappointed at the outcome of the trial.”
Winfrey — who has spoken publicly about abuse she suffered as a child — became personally involved in the abuse investigation after a student reported the alleged abuse in October 2007.
