Assault scandal surrounds Oprah school

A FORMER dormitory matron at an elite South African girls’ school funded by US talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey has been arrested on charges of indecent assault, police said yesterday.

“We arrested a 27-year-old woman, a former employee of the academy, on the charge of indecent assault and criminal injury,” said police spokesman Superintendent Lengelo Dlamini.

The woman is currently in custody and at least seven victims have submitted statements, he added.