New Sex Scandal Rocks Oprah's School

(March 31) -- For the second time in just as many years, a sex scandal has erupted at Oprah Winfrey's South African school for girls, though the details still remain a bit elusive.

According to The Times of South Africa, seven young female students have been expelled from the talk-show host's institution for sexual misconduct. Rapport newspaper, another South African publication, details the incident further, saying that the girls tried to force fellow students (it's an all-girls school) into sexual relationships with each other and also tried to touch them "intimately."

Speaking to the mother and grandmother of two expelled girls, The Times reports that they had received a letter from the school claiming their kids "have been found guilty of physical contact of a sexual nature with another pupil on campus ... bullying other girls and ... not telling investigators the whole truth."

Lisa Halliday, Winfrey's South Africa spokeswoman, responded to the situation on Monday, saying: "We consider this to be a confidential school matter."

This is the second major incident at Winfrey's school. In 2007, Tiny Makopo -- the school's matron -- was charged with indecent assault and one charge based on an allegation she fondled a 13-year-old girl. She has since plead not guilty, and the case is still in the works.

The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls opened in January of 2007. Winfrey said she opened the school because she "wanted to give this opportunity to girls who had a light so bright that not even poverty could dim that light."

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Rumor has it that Stedman Graham stormed out on Oprah Winfrey in a jealous rage after she allegedly ditched him to go on a romantic vacation with another man, Patricia Shipp reported for The National Enquirer.

We reported the story when it first broke out, but assumed that it was probably just a rumor. However, an insider of the Winfrey circle told the tabloid, "He can't understand how she could go off with another man after all they've been through together. Stedman is outraged."

Are any of this rumors even true? It's hard to say considering that neither one of the actors are denying nor confirming the rumors. But, whatever the full story is, stay tune.

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CELEBRITIES: Oprah School Matron Pleads Not Guilty

AP
SEBOKENG, South Africa (July 29)- A former dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's school for poor South African girls pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges that she indecently assaulted and otherwise abused six teenagers and a fellow matron at the academy.

Tiny Virginia Makopo, 28, looked nervous and sullen at the start of her trial, and she and her lawyer gave no indication what her defense would be.

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