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Oprah Winfrey has revealed that she and her private school for girls, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Henley-on-Klip, referred to the sexual molestation charges that engulfed her school in 2007 as ''our little crisis'' and that she has, and always will, believe that the girls in the school spoke the truth. The accused woman, Tiny Makopo, was acquitted on the molestation charges in October 2010.
In an exclusive sit-down interview earlier this evening with Godfrey Mutizwa in Africa Prime on CNBC Africa (DStv 410) Oprah Winfrey who's school experienced its biggest scandal shortly after it opened, referenced the sexual molestation case, the outcome over which at the time she said ''profoundly disappointed'' her.
''When we went through 'our little crisis' as we call it at the school – in our first year where there was the dorm parent accused of molesting the girls who was later acquited – when we went through that I brought in a leading trauma expert who said to me, 'You know, you're doing what has never been done,'' Oprah Winfrey said.
In the interview Oprah Winfrey said ''I believe the girls and will still always believe the girls'' and their version of what happened at the school.
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