A little stain in Oprah
— yaya • November 4th, 2007
I love watching Oprah. I think she has the gift to inspire other people..young, old, man or women. Even when she first announced her Oprah’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa..I was proud of her.
Sadly, her name recently was tarnished by the arrest of Tiny Makopo, a 27-year-old former dorm matron at the school. Makopo was charged of molesting the girls in the dorm.
Makopo finally turned herself in early Friday to the Vereeniging South Africa police station, just 15 miles outside of Oprah’s school. Neither she or her lawyer could be contacted for interviews.
On Saturday, Oprah Winfrey released a new statement exclusively to Robinson for Access Hollywood.
“This has been a huge blow but you learn from your mistakes,” she said in her statement. “I would very much like to look Tiny in the eye, like any parent would, and ask why and how could you do this.”
The school right now is still heavily guarded with barbed wire lining the walls. After this incident, Oprah haas given all 152 students their own cell phones with her personal phone number in them and she also told the students to feel free in contacting her.
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